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7.8
HIGH CVSS 3.1
CVE-2022-4065
cbeust testng XML File Parser JarFileUtils.java testngXmlExistsInJar path traversal
Description

A vulnerability was found in cbeust testng 7.5.0/7.6.0/7.6.1/7.7.0. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function testngXmlExistsInJar of the file testng-core/src/main/java/org/testng/JarFileUtils.java of the component XML File Parser. The manipulation leads to path traversal. The attack can be launched remotely. Upgrading to version 7.5.1 and 7.7.1 is able to address this issue. The patch is named 9150736cd2c123a6a3b60e6193630859f9f0422b. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-214027.

INFO

Published Date :

Nov. 19, 2022, 7:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 7:34 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

No

Source :

[email protected]
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2022-4065 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Testng_project testng
: Total Affected Vendor : 1 | Products : 1
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 2.0 MEDIUM [email protected]
CVSS 3.1 MEDIUM [email protected]
CVSS 3.1 HIGH [email protected]
Solution
Upgrade testng to remediate a remote path traversal vulnerability.
  • Update testng to version 7.5.1 or 7.7.1.
  • Update testng-javadoc packages.
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2022-4065 has a 12 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2022-4065.

URL Resource
https://github.com/cbeust/testng/commit/9150736cd2c123a6a3b60e6193630859f9f0422b Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/cbeust/testng/pull/2806 Exploit Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/cbeust/testng/releases/tag/7.7.1
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.214027
https://vuldb.com/?id.214027 Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/cbeust/testng/commit/9150736cd2c123a6a3b60e6193630859f9f0422b Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/cbeust/testng/pull/2806 Exploit Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/cbeust/testng/releases/tag/7.7.1
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.214027
https://vuldb.com/?id.214027 Third Party Advisory
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2022-4065 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2022-4065 weaknesses.

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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shoucheng3/testng-team__testng_CVE-2022-4065_7-5

None

Batchfile Shell Kotlin Java HTML CSS JavaScript Groovy

Updated: 3 weeks, 6 days ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Aug. 17, 2025, 5:12 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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hinat0y/Dataset12

None

Shell

Updated: 1 year, 3 months ago
0 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : May 2, 2024, 9:30 p.m. This repo has been linked 73 different CVEs too.
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hinat0y/Dataset11

None

Shell

Updated: 1 year, 3 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : May 2, 2024, 9:29 p.m. This repo has been linked 73 different CVEs too.
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hinat0y/Dataset10

None

Shell

Updated: 1 year, 3 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : May 2, 2024, 9:27 p.m. This repo has been linked 73 different CVEs too.
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hinat0y/Dataset9

None

Shell

Updated: 1 year, 3 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : May 2, 2024, 9:26 p.m. This repo has been linked 73 different CVEs too.
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hinat0y/Dataset7

None

Shell

Updated: 1 year, 3 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : May 2, 2024, 9:24 p.m. This repo has been linked 73 different CVEs too.
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hinat0y/Dataset6

None

Updated: 1 year, 3 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : May 2, 2024, 9:22 p.m. This repo has been linked 73 different CVEs too.
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hinat0y/Dataset5

None

Updated: 1 year, 3 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : May 2, 2024, 9:21 p.m. This repo has been linked 73 different CVEs too.
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hinat0y/Dataset4

None

Updated: 1 year, 3 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : May 2, 2024, 9:19 p.m. This repo has been linked 73 different CVEs too.
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hinat0y/Dataset3

None

Updated: 1 year, 3 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : May 2, 2024, 9:18 p.m. This repo has been linked 73 different CVEs too.
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hinat0y/Dataset2

None

Updated: 1 year, 3 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : May 2, 2024, 9:16 p.m. This repo has been linked 73 different CVEs too.
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hinat0y/Dataset1

None

Updated: 1 year, 3 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : May 2, 2024, 9:14 p.m. This repo has been linked 73 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2022-4065 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

Results are limited to the first 20 news articles due to potential performance issues.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2022-4065 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://github.com/cbeust/testng/commit/9150736cd2c123a6a3b60e6193630859f9f0422b
    Added Reference https://github.com/cbeust/testng/pull/2806
    Added Reference https://github.com/cbeust/testng/releases/tag/7.7.1
    Added Reference https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.214027
    Added Reference https://vuldb.com/?id.214027
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 17, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 11, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 29, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V3 VulDB AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
    Added CVSS V3.1 VulDB AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 20, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description A vulnerability was found in cbeust testng 7.5.0/7.6.0/7.6.1/7.7.0. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function testngXmlExistsInJar of the file testng-core/src/main/java/org/testng/JarFileUtils.java of the component XML File Parser. The manipulation leads to path traversal. The attack can be launched remotely. Upgrading to version 7.5.1 and 7.7.1 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is 9150736cd2c123a6a3b60e6193630859f9f0422b. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-214027. A vulnerability was found in cbeust testng 7.5.0/7.6.0/7.6.1/7.7.0. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function testngXmlExistsInJar of the file testng-core/src/main/java/org/testng/JarFileUtils.java of the component XML File Parser. The manipulation leads to path traversal. The attack can be launched remotely. Upgrading to version 7.5.1 and 7.7.1 is able to address this issue. The patch is named 9150736cd2c123a6a3b60e6193630859f9f0422b. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-214027.
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 29, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description A vulnerability was found in cbeust testng. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function testngXmlExistsInJar of the file testng-core/src/main/java/org/testng/JarFileUtils.java of the component XML File Parser. The manipulation leads to path traversal. The attack can be launched remotely. The name of the patch is 9150736cd2c123a6a3b60e6193630859f9f0422b. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-214027. A vulnerability was found in cbeust testng 7.5.0/7.6.0/7.6.1/7.7.0. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function testngXmlExistsInJar of the file testng-core/src/main/java/org/testng/JarFileUtils.java of the component XML File Parser. The manipulation leads to path traversal. The attack can be launched remotely. Upgrading to version 7.5.1 and 7.7.1 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is 9150736cd2c123a6a3b60e6193630859f9f0422b. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-214027.
    Added CVSS V2 VulDB (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 VulDB AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
    Removed CVSS V3.1 VulDB AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
    Removed CVSS V3.1 Reason I-No limiting factors
    Removed CVSS V3.1 Reason A-No limiting factors
    Removed CVSS V3.1 Reason AV-File parsed local
    Removed CVSS V3.1 Reason C-No limiting factors
    Removed CVSS V3.1 Reason PR-No privileges needed
    Added Reference https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.214027 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://github.com/cbeust/testng/releases/tag/7.7.1 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 26, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/cbeust/testng/commit/9150736cd2c123a6a3b60e6193630859f9f0422b No Types Assigned https://github.com/cbeust/testng/commit/9150736cd2c123a6a3b60e6193630859f9f0422b Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/cbeust/testng/pull/2806 No Types Assigned https://github.com/cbeust/testng/pull/2806 Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://vuldb.com/?id.214027 No Types Assigned https://vuldb.com/?id.214027 Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:testng_project:testng:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 7.8
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Base CVSS Score: 6.5
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.29 }} 0.14%

score

0.52035

percentile