CVE-2022-38196

BUG-000150537 - ArcGIS Server has a local file inclusion (LFI) vulnerability

At a glance

Severity: MEDIUM 6.5
EPSS: EPSS 1.19 % · percentile 68 (2026-10-27)
State: PUBLISHED
Published: 2022-10-25
Updated: 2025-04-10
Assigner: Esri
NVD status: Modified

Description

Esri ArcGIS Server versions 10.9.1 and prior have a path traversal vulnerability that may result in a denial of service by allowing a remote, authenticated attacker to overwrite internal ArcGIS Server directory.

Scores

Version	Score	Vector	Scored by
CVSS 3.1	MEDIUM 6.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H	Esri
CVSS 3.1	MEDIUM 6.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H	NVD · psirt@esri.com (Secondary)
CVSS 3.1	HIGH 8.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H	NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-22

European references

ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2022-40789
GCVE · GCVE-0-2022-38196

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

cpe:2.3:a:esri:arcgis_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≤ 10.9.1

Affected products

Product	Versions
Esri · ArcGIS Server	affected All ≤ 10.9.1

References

https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/administration/administration/arcgis-server-security-2022-update-1-patch

Sources

Source	Licence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)	CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)	FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVD	ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds	Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD