🛡️ CVE-2022-45787 — james

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity none, availability none.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

• Attack vector: Local — a local account, shell or session on the host is needed.
• Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
• Privileges required: Low — an ordinary user account is enough.
• User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
• Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
• Confidentiality impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
• Integrity impact: None.
• Availability impact: None.

Weakness class

CVE-2022-45787 is classified as CWE-312: Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information. Sensitive values are written to storage unencrypted and readable by anyone with access to it.

Affected software

CVE-2022-45787 is recorded against 2 packages.

• james (fixed in 0.8.9)
• org.apache.james:apache-mime4j-storage (fixed in 0.8.9)

Timeline and source

Published on 6 January 2023 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

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Other advisories for this package

james has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

• CVE-2023-51747 (7.1 High, published 27 Feb 2024)
• CVE-2023-51518 (9.8 Critical, published 27 Feb 2024)
• CVE-2023-26269 (7.8 High, published 3 Apr 2023)
• CVE-2022-45935 (5.5 Medium, published 6 Jan 2023)
• CVE-2022-28220 (7.5 High, published 8 Sep 2022)
• CVE-2022-22931 (4.3 Medium, published 7 Feb 2022)

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-312: Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information) in other software:

• CVE-2026-21080 (6.5 Medium, published 10 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-55997 (8.8 High, published 5 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-20312 (8.8 High, published 5 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-15721 (9.8 Critical, published 4 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-34490 (5.5 Medium, published 31 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-59327 (4.4 Medium, published 30 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-55985 (4.3 Medium, published 24 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-16802 (6.5 Medium, published 24 Jul 2026)

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