CVE-2022-40955 Deserialization attack in Apache InLong prior to version 1.3.0 allows RCE via JDBC

What is CVE-2022-40955?

CVE-2022-40955 is a high-severity unsafe deserialization vulnerability in Apache InLong, published on 20 Sep 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In versions of Apache InLong prior to 1.3.0, an attacker with sufficient privileges to specify MySQL JDBC connection URL parameters and to write arbitrary data to the MySQL database, could cause this data to be deserialized by Apache InLong, potentially leading to Remote Code Execution on the Apache InLong server. Users are advised to upgrade to Apache InLong 1.3.0 or newer.

Weakness: CWE-502

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-40955?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.apache.inlong:inlong-common. It affects 1 product.

Products include Apache Inlong.

How do I fix CVE-2022-40955?

Upgrade org.apache.inlong:inlong-common to 1.3.0 or later.

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

Is CVE-2022-40955 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-40955 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Apache InLong

• CVE-2026-63037 Apache InLong: Unauthenticated SQL injection in Manager OpenAPI audit alert rule list endpoint Critical 9.8
• CVE-2026-63038 Apache InLong: SQL Injection via String Concatenation Vulnerability Report Critical 9.8
• CVE-2026-63039 Apache InLong: SQL Injection via Unvalidated MyBatis Dollar-Sign Interpolation in AuditAlertRuleService Critical 9.8
• CVE-2025-27531 Apache InLong: An arbitrary file read vulnerability for JDBC Critical 9.8
• CVE-2024-26579 Apache Inlong JDBC Vulnerability Critical 9.8

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-26m4-qjp9-xmc6.