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CVE-2022-45299

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2023-01-13 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

An issue in the IpFile argument of rust-lang webbrowser-rs v0.8.2 allows attackers to access arbitrary files via supplying a crafted URL.

Affected products

• Webbrowser Project Webbrowser: before 0.8.3 — fixed in 0.8.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Webbrowser Project Webbrowser 0.8.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/offalltn/CVE-2022-45299
• https://github.com/offalltn/CVE-2022-45299

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