CVE-2022-38648 | PDFTranscoder does not block external resources

Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in Batik of Apache XML Graphics allows an attacker to fetch external resources. This issue affects Apache XML Graphics Batik 1.14.

Published: 2022-09-22 Last update: 2025-11-03 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2022-38648 is rated Moderate Risk (50/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.92%). EPSS rose +1.77% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-38648

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 0.16% 1.92% +1.77%
2 2026-03-01 0.15% 0.16% +0.01%
3 2026-02-10 — 0.15% —

Full EPSS history (16 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-38648

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.3 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N 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:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 3.9 1.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-38648

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2022-38648

GHSA-53jm-3hc9-fqqc · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: maven — Apache Batik vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery

OS Trackers for CVE-2022-38648

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2022-38648 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (batik), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-38648
gentoo normal CVE-2022-38648: 1 GLSA(s) (202401-11), 1 atom(s) (dev-java/batik); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2022-38648
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-38648
suse medium CVE-2022-38648 severity moderate: SUSE including 28 source package names (xmlgraphics-batik-1.15-1.1, xmlgraphics-batik-1.15-150200.4.4.3, …), 81 product×package rows across 21 product lines (SUSE Enterprise Storage 7, SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1, … (21 product lines)): Fixed 81. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-38648/
ubuntu medium CVE-2022-38648 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (batik), 13 status rows across 13 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): released 6, ignored 4, needs-triage 3. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-38648

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-38648

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
apache batik 1.14 cpe:2.3:a:apache:batik:1.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 10.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2022-38648

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