Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-40870

HighPublic PoC

Published: 23 November 2022

Published
23 November 2022
Modified
29 April 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0058 69.3th percentile
Risk Priority 17 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-40870 is a high-severity Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output (CWE-116) vulnerability in Parallels Remote Application Server. Its CVSS base score is 8.1 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 30.7% 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

The Web Client of Parallels Remote Application Server v18.0 is vulnerable to Host Header Injection attacks. This vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted payload injected into the Host header.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

parallels
remote application server
18.0

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-116

Validating that output matches expected content directly mitigates failures to properly encode or escape data for its destination context.

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