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CVE-2022-0673 LemMinX

Affected softwareLemMinX
Severity6.5 Medium CVSS 3.1 2 scores
Fixed in0.19.0
WeaknessPath traversal (CWE-22)
Published18 Feb 2022
Updated17 Jun 2026

Description

A flaw was found in LemMinX in versions prior to 0.19.0. Cache poisoning of external schema files due to directory traversal.

Exploitation status

No public exploit

No exploit has been reported in the sources we check. Published 4 years ago.

  • CISA KEV not listed
  • VulnCheck KEV not listed
  • CISA Vulnrichment no assessment published
  • Indexed PoC none indexed
  • EPSS 1.0% chance in 30 days

Waratek protection

Protected by Waratek

Waratek has a rule that blocks attacks on this vulnerability.

Decided by A vulnerability class already blocked by an ARMR security rule
Finding Protected by Waratek's ARMR path-traversal security rule, which blocks this class of attack at the JVM level without a rule written for this CVE specifically. The CVE's weakness is CWE-22: Path Traversal.

How to mitigate CVE-2022-0673

Upgrade LemMinX to 0.19.0 or later. Until you can, Waratek RASP blocks exploitation with its path traversal rule. It runs inside the Java application, with no code changes.

Waratek RASP Runtime protection for Java applications

CVSS

6.5 MEDIUM v3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N 2 metrics

We show the highest score from the newest CVSS version. Scores from different versions can't be compared, and the first score listed is sometimes a 0.0 placeholder.

VersionScoreBandVectorAssignerType
CVSS 3.1 6.5 MEDIUM CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N NVD Primary published
CVSS 2.0 6.4 none AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N NVD Primary

Affected software and releases

Maven packages

Affected and fixed versions, from OSV.dev
PackageIntroducedFixedLast affected
org.eclipse.lemminx:lemminx-parent 0 0.19.0 unbounded

Products and versions

2 products, 2 version entries
SourceVendorProductSchemeAffected versions
nvd eclipse lemminx generic < 0.19.0
osv org.eclipse.lemminx lemminx-parent generic < 0.19.0

References

URLTags
https://github.com/eclipse/lemminx/pull/1171 WEB
https://github.com/eclipse/lemminx PACKAGE
https://github.com/eclipse/lemminx/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#0190-february-14-2022 WEB

Timeline

Published2022-02-18By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified2026-06-17NVD's own last-modified date for this record.