CVE-2022-23935

lib/Image/ExifTool.pm in ExifTool before 12.38 mishandles a $file =~ /\|$/ check.

7.8 HighPublic exploitFix available

lib/Image/ExifTool.pm in ExifTool before 12.38 mishandles a $file =~ /|$/ check, leading to command injection.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Local
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: None
User interaction: Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: High
Integrity: High
Availability: High

Exploit likelihood

7.58%Up 6.7 points since Feb 8, 2022

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.8

lib/Image/ExifTool.pm in ExifTool before 12.38 mishandles a $file =~ /|$/ check, leading to command injection.

Record: CVE-2022-23935
CVSS 3.1: 7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0: 7.6 HighAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness: CWE-78
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

lib/Image/ExifTool.pm in ExifTool before 12.38 mishandles a $file =~ /|$/ check, leading to command injection.

Record: CVE-2022-23935
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2022-28854 No score

lib/Image/ExifTool.pm in ExifTool before 12.38 mishandles a $file =~ /|$/ check, leading to command injection.

Record: EUVD-2022-28854
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-jx53-3cxj-386g 9.8

lib/Image/ExifTool.pm in ExifTool before 12.38 mishandles a $file =~ /\|$/ check.

lib/Image/ExifTool.pm in ExifTool before 12.38 mishandles a $file =~ /|$/ check.

Record: GHSA-jx53-3cxj-386g
CVSS 3.1: 9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-77
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVALPINE-CVE-2022-23935 7.8

lib/Image/ExifTool.pm in ExifTool before 12.38 mishandles a $file =~ /|$/ check, leading to command injection.

Record: ALPINE-CVE-2022-23935
CVSS 3.1: 7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated: 2026-11-03

OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2022-23935 7.8

lib/Image/ExifTool.pm in ExifTool before 12.38 mishandles a $file =~ /|$/ check, leading to command injection.

Record: DEBIAN-CVE-2022-23935
CVSS 3.1: 7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated: 2026-11-03

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OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2022-23935 7.8

lib/Image/ExifTool.pm in ExifTool before 12.38 mishandles a $file =~ /|$/ check, leading to command injection.

Record: UBUNTU-CVE-2022-23935
CVSS 3.1: 7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSV No score

lib/Image/ExifTool.pm in ExifTool before 12.38 mishandles a $file =~ /|$/ check, leading to command injection.

Record: CVE-2022-23935
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVMGASA-2022-0381 No score

Updated perl-Image-ExifTool packages fix security vulnerability

lib/Image/ExifTool.pm in ExifTool before 12.38 mishandles a $file =~ /|$/ check, leading to command injection. (CVE-2022-23935)

Record: MGASA-2022-0381
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:11794-1 No score

exiftool-12.39-1.1 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the exiftool-12.39-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record: openSUSE-SU-2024:11794-1
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

exiftool project exiftool

Affected packages

Affected packages
Package	Affected	Fixed
`perl-image-exiftool` Alpine:v3.16	before 12.40-r0	12.40-r0
`perl-image-exiftool` Alpine:v3.17	before 12.40-r0	12.40-r0
`perl-image-exiftool` Alpine:v3.18	before 12.40-r0	12.40-r0
`perl-image-exiftool` Alpine:v3.19	before 12.40-r0	12.40-r0
`perl-image-exiftool` Alpine:v3.20	before 12.40-r0	12.40-r0
`perl-image-exiftool` Alpine:v3.21	before 12.40-r0	12.40-r0
`perl-image-exiftool` Alpine:v3.22	before 12.40-r0	12.40-r0
`perl-image-exiftool` Alpine:v3.23	before 12.40-r0	12.40-r0
`perl-image-exiftool` Alpine:v3.24	before 12.40-r0	12.40-r0
`libimage-exiftool-perl` Debian:12	before 12.38+dfsg-1	12.38+dfsg-1

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Affected packages
Package	Affected	Fixed
`libimage-exiftool-perl` Debian:13	before 12.38+dfsg-1	12.38+dfsg-1
`libimage-exiftool-perl` Debian:14	before 12.38+dfsg-1	12.38+dfsg-1
`perl-Image-ExifTool` Mageia:8	before 12.0.0-1.2.mga8	12.0.0-1.2.mga8
`libimage-exiftool-perl` Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS	All versions, plus listed versions 10.00-110.02-110.04-110.05-110.07-1 Show 4 moreShow less 10.08-110.09-110.10-110.10-1ubuntu0.1~esm1	None known
`libimage-exiftool-perl` Ubuntu:18.04:LTS	All versions, plus listed versions 10.60-110.64-110.65-110.67-110.75-110.79-110.80-110.80-1ubuntu0.1	None known
`libimage-exiftool-perl` Ubuntu:20.04:LTS	All versions, plus listed versions 11.65-111.70-111.74-111.75-111.76-1 Show 7 moreShow less 11.77-111.78-111.79-111.80-111.87-111.88-111.88-1ubuntu0.1	None known
`libimage-exiftool-perl` Ubuntu:22.04:LTS	All versions, plus listed versions 12.16+dfsg-212.34+dfsg-112.35+dfsg-112.36+dfsg-112.39+dfsg-112.40+dfsg-1	None known
`exiftool` openSUSE:Tumbleweed	before 12.39-1.1	12.39-1.1

Public exploits

Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.

Public exploits
Source	Link	Date
PoC in GitHub	dpbe32/CVE-2022-23935-PoC-Exploit	2023-01-28
PoC in GitHub	cowsecurity/CVE-2022-23935	2023-02-07
PoC in GitHub	BKreisel/CVE-2022-23935	2023-02-10
PoC in GitHub	antisecc/CVE-2022-23935	2023-03-16

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 3, 2026	affected, aliases, references	OSV
Nov 3, 2026	exploits	OSV
Nov 3, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV, PoC in GitHub

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2022-23935 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Exiftool Project Exiftool, published January 25, 2022. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 7.58%, the 94th percentile. Fixed in perl-image-exiftool 12.40-r0.

References

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