CVE-2022-45471 Denial of service in Hub

Low 3.5 Published 18 Nov 2022 Updated 28 Apr 2025

Attackers can exhaust resources by sending excessive emails to a specific address due to missing throttling in JetBrains Hub.

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-2022-45471?

CVE-2022-45471 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in JetBrains Hub, published on 18 Nov 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In JetBrains Hub before 2022.3.15181 Throttling was missed when sending emails to a particular email address

Weakness: CWE-770

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-45471?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Jetbrains Hub.

How do I fix CVE-2022-45471?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-45471 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2022-45471 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-45471 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-hq4m-5hfj-8xjc.