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CVE-2022-42468

32
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-42468 is a critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability affecting Apache Flume versions 1.4.0 through 1.10.1. This flaw arises when a JMS Source is configured with an unsafe providerURL, allowing an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While the CVSS score is 9.8 (Critical) and the FAUCET Risk Score is 81/100, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 1.4.0, <= 1.10.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:flume:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.72%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
84.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0272 is in the 75th percentile among its peer group of 36,833 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.flume.flume-ng-sources:flume-jms-sourceFixed in: 1.11.0

Vendor Advisories (1)

mavenGHSA-9w4g-fp9h-3q2vcritical

Apache Flume vulnerable to remote code execution via deserialization of unsafe providerURL

Oct 26, 2022

References

issues.apache.org / jira/browse/FLUME-3437
Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
lists.apache.org / thread/1ckhmp539zr2nd2rs45pocpywk2d9zvz
Mailing ListVendor Advisory
lists.apache.org / thread/939wkx8o90bp6m2ht3t1sdyo1ncypl78
Mailing ListPatchVendor Advisory