CVE-2022-0573 Deserialization in JFrog Artifactory

High 8.8 Published 16 May 2022 Updated 2 Aug 2024

Low-privileged authenticated users can trigger insecure deserialization in JFrog Artifactory, leading to remote code execution, privilege escalation, or denial of service.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: Available

What is CVE-2022-0573?

CVE-2022-0573 is a high-severity unsafe deserialization vulnerability in Jfrog Artifactory, published on 16 May 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

JFrog Artifactory before 7.36.1 and 6.23.41, is vulnerable to Insecure Deserialization of untrusted data which can lead to DoS, Privilege Escalation and Remote Code Execution when a specially crafted request is sent by a low privileged authenticated user due to insufficient validation of a user-provided serialized object.

Weakness: CWE-502

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-0573?

1 open source package ship an affected version, including artifactory. It affects 1 product.

Package	Affected	Fixed in
`artifactory` Bitnami	From `6.0.0`	`6.23.41, 7.17.16, 7.18.12, 7.19.13, 7.21.25, 7.25.9, 7.27.15, 7.29.10, 7.31.16, 7.33.12, 7.34.4, 7.35.1, 7.36.1`

Products include Jfrog Artifactory.

How do I fix CVE-2022-0573?

Upgrade artifactory to a fixed version for your release line: 6.23.41, 7.17.16, 7.18.12 or 7.19.13.

Upgrade, and only deserialise data from trusted sources or with an allow-list of types. More about Unsafe deserialization.

Is CVE-2022-0573 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-0573 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Jfrog Artifactory vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as BIT-artifactory-2022-0573, GHSA-h37x-959w-fc48.