# CVE-2023-45722: Path Traversal Arbitrary File Read affects DRYiCE MyXalytics

> Attackers can read arbitrary files outside restricted directories, potentially leading to application takeover.

- **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:** 3 Jan 2024
- **Updated:** 3 Jun 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-c9w5-439r-97p7

## What is CVE-2023-45722?

CVE-2023-45722 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in HCL Software DRYiCE MyXalytics, published on 3 Jan 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

HCL DRYiCE MyXalytics is impacted by path traversal arbitrary file read vulnerability because it uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory.  The product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. Potential exploits can completely disrupt or take over the application.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-45722?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Hcltech Dryice Myxalytics.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-45722?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-45722 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-45722 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-45722 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in HCL Software DRYiCE MyXalytics

- [CVE-2024-42168](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-42168/): HCL MyXalytics is affected by out-of-band resource load (HTTP) vulnerability (high 8.9)
- [CVE-2023-50343](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-50343/): Improper Access Control (Controller APIs) affects DRYiCE MyXalytics (high 8.3)
- [CVE-2023-45724](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-45724/): Unauthenticated File Upload affects DRYiCE MyXalytics (high 8.2)
- [CVE-2023-50350](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-50350/): A broken cryptographic algorithm impacts MyXalytics (high 8.2)
- [CVE-2023-50351](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-50351/): Insecure key rotation affects MyXalytics (high 8.2)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-45722 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-45722 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in HCL Software DRYiCE MyXalytics, published on 3 Jan 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-45722 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: HCL Software DRYiCE MyXalytics. 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-2023-45722/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-45722/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-45722
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-45722
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-45722

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-45722/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.