CVE-2022-46828 Code injection in IntelliJ IDEA

Medium 5.2 Published 8 Dec 2022 Updated 22 Apr 2025

An attacker can execute arbitrary code on macOS by injecting a malicious DYLIB into JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2022-46828?

CVE-2022-46828 is a medium-severity code injection vulnerability in Jetbrains Intellij Idea, published on 8 Dec 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA before 2022.3 a DYLIB injection on macOS was possible.

Weakness: CWE-434, CWE-691

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-46828?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Jetbrains Intellij Idea.

How do I fix CVE-2022-46828?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-46828 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.

Is CVE-2022-46828 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-46828 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-87cv-w2c3-h4jw.