# CVE-2022-35405: Zoho ManageEngine Multiple Products Remote Code Execution

> Unauthenticated attackers can execute arbitrary code on Zoho ManageEngine Password Manager Pro and PAM360 servers via insecure deserialization.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Yes, since 22 Sep 2022 (CISA KEV)
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 19 Jul 2022
- **Updated:** 21 Oct 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-j9c5-6p9g-hwf3

## What is CVE-2022-35405?

CVE-2022-35405 is a critical unsafe deserialization vulnerability in n/a, published on 19 Jul 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Zoho ManageEngine Password Manager Pro before 12101 and PAM360 before 5510 are vulnerable to unauthenticated remote code execution. (This also affects ManageEngine Access Manager Plus before 4303 with authentication.)

Weakness: CWE-502 (Deserialization of Untrusted Data)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-35405?

It affects 3 products.


Products: Zohocorp Manageengine Access Manager Plus, Zohocorp Manageengine Pam360, Zohocorp Manageengine Password Manager Pro.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-35405?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-35405 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available. US federal agencies must fix it by 13 Oct 2022.

## Is CVE-2022-35405 being exploited?

Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2022-35405 in the wild since at least 22 Sep 2022.

Public exploit code:

- ManageEngine PAM360, Password Manager Pro, and Access Manager Plus unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability PoC-exploit (github_poc): https://github.com/viniciuspereiras/CVE-2022-35405
- Zoho Password Manager Pro XML-RPC Java Deserialization (metasploit)
- Zoho ManageEngine - Remote Code Execution (nuclei): http/cves/2022/CVE-2022-35405.yaml

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2022-47966](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-47966/): Zoho ManageEngine Multiple Products Remote Code Execution (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2022-47523](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-47523/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-43671](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-43671/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-43672](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-43672/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-40300](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-40300/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-35405 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-35405 is a critical unsafe deserialization vulnerability in n/a, published on 19 Jul 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2022-35405 in the wild since at least 22 Sep 2022.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-35405/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-35405/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-35405
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-35405
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-35405

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-35405/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.