High

Payara, when deployed to the root context, allows attackers to visit META-INF and WEB-INF

  • Disclosed: 10.11.2022
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 12:22

Payara before 2022-11-04, when deployed to the root context, allows attackers to visit META-INF and WEB-INF, a different vulnerability than CVE-2022-37422. This affects Payara Platform Community before 4.1.2.191.38, 5.x before 5.2022.4, and 6.x before 6.2022.1, and Payara Platform Enterprise before 5.45.0.

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Java / Kotlin (Maven) fish.payara.distributions:payara >= 6.2021.1.Alpha1, < 6.2022.2, >= 5.0.0.Alpha1, < 5.2022.5, <= 4.1.2.181 6.2022.2, 5.2022.5

References

CVSS score 7.5/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-552
Platform
Java / Kotlin (Maven)
Package
fish.payara.distributions:payara
Disclosed
10.11.2022
Updated
11.10.2026 12:22

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-q35w-85pq-rv3x - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: fish.payara.distributions:payara

All published vulnerabilities of this package (Java / Kotlin (Maven)), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

Total entries
2
First → latest
11.2022 06.2026
Without a fix
0
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • High 2

Disclosures per year

  1. 2022: 1
  2. 2023: 0
  3. 2024: 0
  4. 2025: 0
  5. 2026: 1
  1. High CVE-2026-12986 >= 4.0.0, < 7.2026.6 7.2026.6
  2. Payara, when deployed to the root context, allows attackers to visit META-INF and WEB-INF this entry
    High · 7.5 CVE-2022-45129 >= 6.2021.1.Alpha1, < 6.2022.2, >= 5.0.0.Alpha1, < 5.2022.5, <= 4.1.2.181 6.2022.2, 5.2022.5

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