CVE-2022-40979 Information disclosure in TeamCity

Medium 4.4 Published Updated

Attackers can view sensitive password-type environment variables in logs when using a custom Perforce executable in TeamCity.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2022-40979?

CVE-2022-40979 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jetbrains Teamcity, published on 23 Sep 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

In JetBrains TeamCity before 2022.04.4 environmental variables of "password" type could be logged when using custom Perforce executable

Weakness: CWE-532

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-40979?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Jetbrains Teamcity.

How do I fix CVE-2022-40979?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-40979 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2022-40979 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-40979 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Jetbrains Teamcity vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-532v-wmjj-rx65.

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