# CVE-2022-38184: There is an improper access control vulnerability in Portal for ArcGIS versions 10.8.1

> Remote unauthenticated attackers can exploit improper access control to induce the GIS portal to read arbitrary URLs, potentially exposing internal resources.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 16 Aug 2022
- **Updated:** 10 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-r3p9-xjh5-cp2m

## What is CVE-2022-38184?

CVE-2022-38184 is a high-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in Esri Portal for Arcgis, published on 16 Aug 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

There is an improper access control vulnerability in Portal for ArcGIS versions 10.8.1 and below which could allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to access an API that may induce Esri Portal for ArcGIS to read arbitrary URLs.

Weakness: CWE-284 (Improper Access Control)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-38184?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Esri Portal for Arcgis.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-38184?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-38184 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-38184 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-38184 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Esri Portal for Arcgis

- [CVE-2024-25693](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-25693/): Portal for ArcGIS has a directory traversal vulnerability. (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2026-13019](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-13019/): Missing Authentication (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-33518](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-33518/): Incorrect privilege assignment in Portal for ArcGIS (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-33519](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-33519/): Incorrect privilege assignment in Portal for ArcGIS (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2025-2538](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-2538/): BUG-000174336 (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-38184 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-38184 is a high-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in Esri Portal for Arcgis, published on 16 Aug 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-38184 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Esri Portal for Arcgis. 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-2022-38184/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-38184/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-38184
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-38184
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-38184

---
From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-38184/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.