Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-21192

HighPublic PoC

Published: 26 January 2023

Published
26 January 2023
Modified
01 April 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0140 80.8th percentile
Risk Priority 16 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-21192 is a high-severity Path Traversal (CWE-22) vulnerability in Serve-Lite Project Serve-Lite. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 19.2% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

All versions of the package serve-lite are vulnerable to Directory Traversal due to missing input sanitization or other checks and protections employed to the req.url passed as-is to path.join().

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

serve-lite project
serve-lite
all versions

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-22

Validates pathnames and filenames to prevent traversal outside intended directories.

References