CVE-2022-41949 Semi-blind Server-Side Request Forgery in dhis2-core

Medium 5.0 Published 8 Dec 2022 Updated 23 Apr 2025

Authenticated users can force the server to make requests to external resources, potentially exposing internal services or files.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2022-41949?

CVE-2022-41949 is a medium-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in dhis2-core, published on 8 Dec 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

DHIS 2 is an open source information system for data capture, management, validation, analytics and visualization. In affected versions an authenticated DHIS2 user can craft a request to DHIS2 to instruct the server to make requests to external resources (like third party servers). This could allow an attacker, for example, to identify vulnerable services which might not be otherwise exposed to the public internet or to determine whether a specific file is present on the DHIS2 server. DHIS2 administrators should upgrade to the following hotfix releases: 2.36.12.1, 2.37.8.1, 2.38.2.1, 2.39.0.1. At this time, there is no known workaround or mitigation for this vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-918

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-41949?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Dhis2 Dhis 2.

How do I fix CVE-2022-41949?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-41949 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and send outbound requests through an allow-list that blocks internal addresses. More about Server-side request forgery.

Is CVE-2022-41949 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-41949 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-6qh9-rxc8-7943.