CVE-2022-29599 | Commandline class shell injection vulnerabilities

In Apache Maven maven-shared-utils prior to version 3.3.3, the Commandline class can emit double-quoted strings without proper escaping, allowing shell injection attacks.

Published: 2022-05-23 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2022-29599 is rated High Risk (74.1/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.03%). EPSS rose +3.69% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-29599

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.35% 4.03% +3.69%
2 2026-04-21 0.45% 0.35% -0.10%
3 2025-11-21 — 0.45% —

Full EPSS history (28 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-29599

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.8 3.1 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 3.9 5.9 [email protected]
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-29599

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2022-29599

GHSA-rhgr-952r-6p8q · Severity: critical · Ecosystem: maven — Command injection in Apache Maven maven-shared-utils

OS Trackers for CVE-2022-29599

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2022-29599 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (maven-shared-utils), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-29599
redhat high — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-29599
suse critical CVE-2022-29599 severity critical: SUSE including 230 source package names (11-6.2:maven-3.8.5-150200.4.6.3, 11-6.2:maven-lib-3.8.5-150200.4.6.3, …), 1246 product×package rows across 21 product lines (Container bci/openjdk-devel, SUSE Enterprise Storage 7, … (21 product lines)): Fixed 1246. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-29599/
ubuntu medium CVE-2022-29599 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (maven-shared-utils), 10 status rows across 10 suites (bionic, focal, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, trusty, upstream, xenial): released 5, ignored 3, needs-triage 1, not-affected 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-29599

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-29599

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
apache maven_shared_utils < 3.3.3 cpe:2.3:a:apache:maven_shared_utils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 10.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 11.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2022-29599

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