# CVE-2022-44635: Apache Fineract allowed an authenticated user to perform remote code execution due to path traversal

> Authenticated attackers can achieve remote code execution via path traversal in the file upload component of Apache Fineract.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 29 Nov 2022
- **Updated:** 25 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-mh5c-7q6j-cwmg

## What is CVE-2022-44635?

CVE-2022-44635 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Apache Fineract, published on 29 Nov 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Apache Fineract allowed an authenticated user to perform remote code execution due to a path traversal vulnerability in a file upload component of Apache Fineract, allowing an attacker to run remote code. This issue affects Apache Fineract version 1.8.0 and prior versions. We recommend users to upgrade to 1.8.1.

Weakness: CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-44635?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Apache Fineract.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-44635?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-44635 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-44635 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-44635 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Apache Fineract

- [CVE-2024-23538](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-23538/): SQL injection in Apache Fineract (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2018-11800](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-11800/): SQL injection in Apache Fineract (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2018-11801](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-11801/): SQL injection in Apache Fineract (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2018-1290](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-1290/): SQL injection in Apache Fineract (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-32838](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-32838/): Apache Fineract: SQL injection vulnerabilities in offices API endpoint (critical 9.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-44635 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-44635 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Apache Fineract, published on 29 Nov 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-44635 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Apache Fineract. 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-2022-44635/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-44635/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-44635
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-44635
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-44635

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Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.