CVE-2022-37422
Path Traversal in Payara
Payara through 5.2022.2 allows directory traversal without authentication. This affects Payara Server, Payara Micro, and Payara Server Embedded.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Payara through 5.2022.2 allows directory traversal without authentication. This affects Payara Server, Payara Micro, and Payara Server Embedded.
- Record
CVE-2022-37422- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Payara through 5.2022.2 allows directory traversal without authentication. This affects Payara Server, Payara Micro, and Payara Server Embedded.
- Record
CVE-2022-37422- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-6560 No score
Payara through 5.2022.2 allows directory traversal without authentication. This affects Payara Server, Payara Micro, and Payara Server Embedded.
- Record
EUVD-2022-6560- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-h28c-453m-h9xm
Path Traversal in Payara
Payara through 5.2022.2 allows directory traversal without authentication. This affects Payara Server, Payara Micro, and Payara Server Embedded.
- Record
GHSA-h28c-453m-h9xm- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-h28c-453m-h9xm
Path Traversal in Payara
Payara through 5.2022.2 allows directory traversal without authentication. This affects Payara Server, Payara Micro, and Payara Server Embedded.
- Record
GHSA-h28c-453m-h9xm- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
fish.payara.api:payara-bomMaven |
before 5.2022.3 | 5.2022.3 |
fish.payara.api:payara-bomMaven |
before 5.2022.3, plus listed versions 5.1945.2015.2020.25.2020.35.2020.4 Show 15 moreShow less5.2020.55.2020.65.2020.75.2021.15.2021.105.2021.25.2021.35.2021.45.2021.55.2021.65.2021.75.2021.85.2021.95.2022.15.2022.2 |
5.2022.3 |
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| PoC in GitHub | shoucheng3/payara__Payara_CVE-2022-37422_5-2022-2 | 2025-08-16 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| 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-2022-37422 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Payara, published August 18, 2022. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.22%, the 68th percentile. Fixed in fish.payara.api:payara-bom 5.2022.3.