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CVE-2022-33140

28
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-33140 is a command injection vulnerability affecting Apache NiFi (versions 1.10.0 to 1.16.2) and Apache NiFi Registry (versions 0.6.0 to 1.16.2) on Linux and macOS platforms. It occurs when the optional ShellUserGroupProvider, if enabled, fails to neutralize arguments for group resolution commands. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH), indicating a network-based attack with low attack complexity, requiring low privileges, and leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While it requires an authenticated user with elevated privileges to exploit, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 1.10.0, <= 1.16.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:nifi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 0.6.0, <= 1.16.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:nifi_registry:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.67%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
88.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0367 is in the 88th percentile among its peer group of 17,823 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.nifi.registry:nifi-registry-coreFixed in: 1.16.3
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.nifi:nifiFixed in: 1.16.3

Vendor Advisories (1)

mavenGHSA-77hf-23pq-2g7chigh

Code injection in Apache NiFi and NiFi Registry

Jun 16, 2022

References

lists.apache.org / thread/bzs2pcdjsdrh5039oslmfr9mbs9qqdhr
Mailing ListVendor Advisory
nifi.apache.org / security.html
Issue TrackingVendor Advisory