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CVE-2022-48279

CVE-2022-48279 PUBLISHED CVSS 7.5 HIGH

Reported by mitre · Published January 20, 2023

In ModSecurity before 2.9.6 and 3.x before 3.0.8, HTTP multipart requests were incorrectly parsed and could bypass the Web Application Firewall. NOTE: this is related to CVE-2022-39956 but can be considered independent changes to the ModSecurity (C language) codebase.

Fixed versions

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PackageEcosystemFixed in
modsecurityBitnami2.9.6
mod_securityAmazon Linux2.9.7-1.amzn2.0.1
mod_security-mlogcAmazon Linux2.9.7-1.amzn2.0.1
modsecuritytrustwave2.9.6
modsecurityowasp3.0.8
modsecurityBitnami2.9.6

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1
7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected products

VendorProductVersions
n/an/an/a
amazon:2mod_security0
amazon:2mod_security-mlogc0
n/an/a*

Timeline

  • Jan 20, 2023 CVE Published
  • Jan 21, 2023 EPSS Score (30 in total, the first dated here)
  • Apr 3, 2025 CVE Updated
  • Mar 21, 2026 Distribution Patch (3 in total, the first dated here)
  • Mar 21, 2026 Security Advisory (6 in total, the first dated here)
  • May 24, 2026 Coalition ESS Score

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The same record, from the CLI:

vulnetix vdb vuln CVE-2022-48279
vulnetix vdb fixes CVE-2022-48279

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  "https://api.vdb.vulnetix.com/v2/vuln/CVE-2022-48279/fixes/registry"

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