# CVE-2022-46835: SailPoint IdentityIQ JavaServer File Path Traversal Vulnerability

> Attackers can read arbitrary files on the server filesystem via a path traversal flaw in the JSF component of SailPoint IdentityIQ.

- **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:** 31 Jan 2023
- **Updated:** 27 Mar 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-rhj5-wv7v-f365

## What is CVE-2022-46835?

CVE-2022-46835 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in SailPoint IdentityIQ, published on 31 Jan 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

IdentityIQ 8.3 and all 8.3 patch levels prior to 8.3p2, IdentityIQ 8.2 and all 8.2 patch levels prior to 8.2p5, IdentityIQ 8.1 and all 8.1 patch levels prior to 8.1p7, IdentityIQ 8.0 and all 8.0 patch levels prior to 8.0p6 allow access to arbitrary files in the application server filesystem due to a path traversal vulnerability in JavaServer Faces (JSF) 2.2.20 documented in CVE-2020-6950.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-46835?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Sailpoint Identityiq.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-46835?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-46835 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-46835 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-46835 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in SailPoint IdentityIQ

- [CVE-2024-10905](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-10905/): IdentityIQ Improper Access Control VulnerabilityIdentityIQ Improper Access Control Vulnerability (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2024-2227](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2227/): IdentityIQ JavaServer Faces File Path Traversal Vulnerability (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2023-32217](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-32217/): SailPoint IdentityIQ Unsafe use of Reflection Vulnerability (critical 9.0)
- [CVE-2026-12341](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-12341/): SailPoint IdentityIQ Improper Bearer Token Validation Vulnerability (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2026-5712](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-5712/): IdentityIQ Role Editor Incorrect Authorization Vulnerability (high 8.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-46835 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-46835 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in SailPoint IdentityIQ, published on 31 Jan 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-46835 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: SailPoint IdentityIQ. 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-2022-46835/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-46835/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-46835
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-46835
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-46835

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-46835/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.