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CVE-2022-40978

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2022-09-19 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-427

Description

The installer of JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA before 2022.2.2 was vulnerable to EXE search order hijacking

Affected products

• JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA: before 2022.2.2 — fixed in 2022.2.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA 2022.2.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://www.jetbrains.com/privacy-security/issues-fixed/
• https://www.jetbrains.com/privacy-security/issues-fixed/

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