CVE-2022-26352
dotCMS Unrestricted Upload of File Vulnerability
What is affected
| Vendor | dotCMS |
|---|---|
| Product | dotCMS |
| Weakness | CWE-22, CWE-138 |
The vulnerability
dotCMS ContentResource API contains an unrestricted upload of file with a dangerous type vulnerability that allows for directory traversal, in which the file is saved outside of the intended storage location. Exploitation allows for remote code execution.
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
US federal civilian agencies were required to act by 15 September 2022 under BOD 22-01. The deadline is a compliance date, not a measure of severity — it says nothing about how dangerous the flaw is to anyone else.
Ransomware
CISA records this vulnerability as having been used in ransomware campaigns. That is a confirmed observation, not an assessment of likelihood.
Where this comes from
Every field on this page is taken from the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, last synced 11 Nov 2026, 21:30. Nothing here is our own assessment. For the technical scoring, see the NVD record below.