CVE-2022-46825
JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

In JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA before version 2022.3, a security vulnerability was identified where the built-in web server was found to be leaking information about open projects. This vulnerability was assigned the identifier CVE-2022-46825 (NVD, JetBrains Security).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified under CWE-200 (Information Exposure) and has been assigned a CVSS v2 score of 2.1, indicating a relatively low severity level. The attack requires local access (AV:L) with low attack complexity (AC:L) and no authentication required (Au:N), potentially resulting in partial confidentiality impact (C:P) with no impact on integrity (I:N) or availability (A:N) (Rapid7).

Impact

The vulnerability could lead to unauthorized disclosure of information about projects open in the IntelliJ IDEA environment. This information exposure could potentially provide attackers with insights into the development environment and project structure (NVD).

Exploitability

The vulnerability requires local access to exploit, making it less severe in terms of remote attack scenarios. No known exploits in the wild have been reported at the time of assessment (Rapid7).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been fixed in JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA version 2022.3. Users are advised to upgrade to this version or later to mitigate the security risk (JetBrains Security).

Additional resources


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