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Vulnerability details: VCID-k6dw-17nc-xbd5
Vulnerability ID VCID-k6dw-17nc-xbd5
Aliases CVE-2022-28220
GHSA-w45j-f5g5-w94x
Summary Apache James vulnerable to buffering attack Apache James prior to release 3.6.3 and 3.7.1 is vulnerable to a buffering attack relying on the use of the STARTTLS command. Fix of CVE-2021-38542, which solved similar problem fron Apache James 3.6.1, is subject to a parser differential and do not take into account concurrent requests.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.0
Risk 4.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-77 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
epss 0.01851 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-28220
epss 0.01851 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-28220
epss 0.01851 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-28220
epss 0.01851 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-28220
epss 0.01851 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-28220
epss 0.01851 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-28220
epss 0.01851 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-28220
epss 0.01851 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-28220
epss 0.09184 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-28220
epss 0.09184 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-28220
epss 0.09184 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-28220
epss 0.09184 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-28220
cvssv3.1_qr HIGH https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w45j-f5g5-w94x
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://github.com/apache/james-project
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/apache/james-project
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://james.apache.org/james/update/2022/08/26/james-3.7.1.html
generic_textual HIGH https://james.apache.org/james/update/2022/08/26/james-3.7.1.html
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-28220
generic_textual HIGH https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-28220
cvssv3.1 7.5 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/09/20/1
generic_textual HIGH http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/09/20/1
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-28220
https://github.com/apache/james-project
https://james.apache.org/james/update/2022/08/26/james-3.7.1.html
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-28220
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/09/20/1
GHSA-w45j-f5g5-w94x https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w45j-f5g5-w94x
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://github.com/apache/james-project
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://james.apache.org/james/update/2022/08/26/james-3.7.1.html
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-28220
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/09/20/1
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.82948
EPSS Score 0.01851
Published At April 2, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T13:05:29.315294+00:00 GithubOSV Importer Import https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/09/GHSA-w45j-f5g5-w94x/GHSA-w45j-f5g5-w94x.json 38.0.0