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CVE-2022-37422

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-37422 describes an unauthenticated directory traversal vulnerability affecting Payara Server, Payara Micro, and Payara Server Embedded versions up to 5.2022.2. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) allows an unauthenticated attacker to read arbitrary files on the system, potentially leading to sensitive information disclosure. While no public exploits (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) are currently available and community discussion is minimal, organizations using affected Payara products should prioritize patching to mitigate this risk.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 4.1.2.191.36CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:payara:payara:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
< 5.2022.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:payara:payara:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:*
>= 5.0.0, < 5.42.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:payara:payara:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.02%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
59.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0102 is in the 36th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 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 (1)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: fish.payara.api:payara-bomFixed in: 5.2022.3

Vendor Advisories (2)

mavenGHSA-h28c-453m-h9xmhigh

Path Traversal in Payara

Aug 19, 2022
redhatCVE-2022-37422Moderate

payara: directory traversal without authentication

Aug 18, 2022

References

blog.payara.fish / august-community-5-release
Release NotesVendor Advisory
payara.fish / downloads
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