`CVE-2022-41954` MPXJ

Affected software	MPXJ
Severity	3.3 Low CVSS 3.1 2 scores
Fixed in	`10.14.1`
Weakness	Information exposure (CWE-200)
Published	25 Nov 2022
Updated	17 Jun 2026

Description

MPXJ is an open source library to read and write project plans from a variety of file formats and databases. On Unix-like operating systems (not Windows or macos), MPXJ's use of File.createTempFile(..) results in temporary files being created with the permissions -rw-r--r--. This means that any other user on the system can read the contents of this file. When MPXJ is reading a schedule file which requires the creation of a temporary file or directory, a knowledgeable local user could locate these transient files while they are in use and would then be able to read the schedule being processed by MPXJ. The problem has been patched, MPXJ version 10.14.1 and later includes the necessary changes. Users unable to upgrade may set java.io.tmpdir to a directory to which only the user running the application has access will prevent other users from accessing these temporary files.

CWE-377CWE-668

Exploitation status

No public exploit

No exploit has been reported in the sources we check. Published 3 years ago.

CISA KEV not listed
VulnCheck KEV not listed
CISA Vulnrichment exploitation: none
Indexed PoC none indexed
EPSS 0.21% chance in 30 days

Waratek protection

No exploit published

Within Waratek scope. In the sources we check, nobody has published exploit code for this CVE or reported it being exploited.

A public code fix exists: joniles/mpxj ae0af24.

Protection none
Action unverified
Review automated Upstream data
Record active

Decided by	Exploit code for this candidate, published in a reviewed catalogue or a GitHub repository with 5 or more stars, or in use per CISA or VulnCheck; not only a CISA verdict, a forecast, or nothing at all
Finding	This CVE is not listed in CISA KEV or VulnCheck KEV, CISA Vulnrichment records no active exploitation, no reviewed exploit catalogue carries an entry for it, and no GitHub PoC repository for it has 5 or more stars. Nobody has published exploit code worth tracing, so it is not a candidate for a rule ahead of the ones where somebody has; an upstream fix path does exist, so the remediation half of the candidacy still holds. This is a statement about what has been published, not about whether the defect is reachable or serious.
Candidate fix	https://github.com/joniles/mpxj/commit/ae0af24345d79ad45705265d9927fe55e94a5721 : a commit: the change itself

Decided by

Exploit code for this candidate, published in a reviewed catalogue or a GitHub repository with 5 or more stars, or in use per CISA or VulnCheck; not only a CISA verdict, a forecast, or nothing at all

Finding

This CVE is not listed in CISA KEV or VulnCheck KEV, CISA Vulnrichment records no active exploitation, no reviewed exploit catalogue carries an entry for it, and no GitHub PoC repository for it has 5 or more stars. Nobody has published exploit code worth tracing, so it is not a candidate for a rule ahead of the ones where somebody has; an upstream fix path does exist, so the remediation half of the candidacy still holds. This is a statement about what has been published, not about whether the defect is reachable or serious.

Candidate fix

https://github.com/joniles/mpxj/commit/ae0af24345d79ad45705265d9927fe55e94a5721 : a commit: the change itself

CVSS

3.3 LOW v3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/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.

Version Score Band Vector Assigner Type

CVSS 3.1 3.3 LOW CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N security-advisories@github.com Secondary published

CVSS 3.1 3.3 LOW CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N NVD Primary

Version	Score	Band	Vector	Assigner	Type
CVSS 3.1	3.3	LOW	`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`	security-advisories@github.com	Secondary	published
CVSS 3.1	3.3	LOW	`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`	NVD	Primary

Affected software and releases

Oracle advisories

Advisory	Type	Quarter	Products Oracle names in its risk matrix
Oracle Critical Patch Update October 2023 ↗	CPU	2023-Q4	Oracle Construction and Engineering / Platform (MPXJ) (19.12.0-19.12.16, 20.12.0-20.12.16, 21.12.0-21.12.16, 22.12.0-22.12.9)

Advisory

Type

Quarter

Products Oracle names in its risk matrix

Oracle Critical Patch Update October 2023 ↗

CPU

2023-Q4

Oracle Construction and Engineering / Platform (MPXJ) (19.12.0-19.12.16, 20.12.0-20.12.16, 21.12.0-21.12.16, 22.12.0-22.12.9)

Oracle components and versions

Family	Component	Versions, as Oracle lists them	Read as
Oracle Construction and Engineering	Platform (MPXJ)	19.12.0-19.12.16, 20.12.0-20.12.16, 21.12.0-21.12.16, 22.12.0-22.12.9

Family

Component

Versions, as Oracle lists them

Read as

Oracle Construction and Engineering

Platform (MPXJ)

19.12.0-19.12.16, 20.12.0-20.12.16, 21.12.0-21.12.16, 22.12.0-22.12.9

Maven packages

Affected and fixed versions, from OSV.dev

Package Introduced Fixed Last affected

net.sf.mpxj:mpxj 0 10.14.1 unbounded

Package	Introduced	Fixed	Last affected
`net.sf.mpxj:mpxj`	0	`10.14.1`	unbounded

Products and versions

2 products, 2 version entries

Source	Vendor	Product	Scheme	Affected versions
nvd	mpxj	mpxj	generic	＜ 10.14.1
osv	net.sf.mpxj	mpxj	generic	＜ 10.14.1

Source

Vendor

Product

Scheme

Affected versions

nvd

mpxj

generic

＜ 10.14.1

osv

net.sf.mpxj

mpxj

generic

＜ 10.14.1

References

URL	Tags
https://github.com/joniles/mpxj/commit/ae0af24345d79ad45705265d9927fe55e94a5721	commit
https://github.com/joniles/mpxj/security/advisories/GHSA-jf2p-4gqj-849g	WEB
https://github.com/joniles/mpxj/commit/287ad0234213c52b0638565e14bd9cf3ed44cedd	WEB
https://github.com/joniles/mpxj	PACKAGE
https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/mpxj/PYSEC-2022-42996.yaml	WEB

URL

Timeline

Published	2022-11-25	By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified	2026-06-17	NVD's own last-modified date for this record.

Published

2022-11-25

By the CVE Program.

NVD record modified

2026-06-17

NVD's own last-modified date for this record.

How VRT decided (17 of 24 rules ran)

17 of 24 rules ran. The rest didn't run because an earlier rule had already settled the CVE.

# Rule Outcome Status Detail

identity: Does this identifier describe a vulnerability at all? the first rule that matches decides

1 rejected no match CVE Program withdrawal of this identifier

scope: Is it a vulnerability Waratek protects? the first rule that matches decides

2 armr-patch-file no match An ARMR patch file on disk for this CVE

3 armr-secure-rule-file no match An ARMR security-rule template on disk for this CVE

4 manual-classification no match A researcher's recorded decision for this specific CVE

5 manual classification no match Manual classification of this CVE in the legacy dataset

6 non-java-upstream no match A root cause in non-Java code: an OS kernel, a C library, or a bundled runtime

7 oracle-component no match The defect being in a component of a tracked product the agent does not reach: JavaFX, the Java SE installer, the JInitiator browser plug-in, the native WebLogic proxy plug-in, or a native part of Oracle Application Server or Collaboration Suite (HTTP Server, Web Cache, Internet Directory, mail and calendar servers). Oracle gives these no CPE of their own and names them only in the description.

8 java-client-side no match Oracle's own risk-matrix note saying the CVE is reached only through untrusted code in the Java sandbox (applets, Web Start) or only through a client installation of Java, so a server running its own trusted code is not exposed

9 osv-maven matched In scope Maven packages: net.sf.mpxj:mpxj

10 cna-maven-package not reached An affected Maven artifact named by the CNA itself

11 known-cpe-product not reached An NVD CPE naming a product ARMR tracks

12 cna-cpe-product not reached A CPE the CNA published naming a tracked product. Oracle publishes these on advisory day, months before NVD.

13 oracle-advisory-family not reached A tracked product family named in Oracle's own risk matrix. CPE cannot carry a suite name, only a module.

14 cna-named-product not reached A tracked product named in words by the CVE's own CNA, on a record with no CPE yet. Apache and Eclipse publish these on advisory day, before NVD adds CPE data.

15 non-deployable-product not reached The only affected product being a sealed appliance image, where Java runs but no -javaagent can be attached

16 unmatched-product not reached No tracked product matched above, and none present at all

disposition: What do we do about one that is? every rule runs

17 patch-hint matched Mitigation candidate References include candidate fix URL (commit tier): https://github.com/joniles/mpxj/commit/ae0af24345d79ad45705265d9927fe55e94a5721

18 open-source-maven skipped The affected package being open source on Maven, so the fix can be read

19 poc-derivable skipped An indexed exploit clearing the evidence bar to reverse-engineer, where there is no source to read

20 no-exploit skipped Nothing to build a rule from yet: no published exploit, no CISA record of exploitation and no source-level change to read

21 secure-rule-match no match A vulnerability class already blocked by an ARMR security rule

22 exploited-no-fix-or-poc skipped Somebody exploiting this CVE (a CISA or VulnCheck KEV listing, or a CISA verdict of active exploitation), with no fix, source code or PoC to build a rule from

23 below-action-threshold withheld CVE ships in Oracle Critical Patch Update October 2023 (CPU) — Oracle treats it as urgent, so severity does not settle it

24 no-exploit-published decided it matched No exploit published No exploit code has been published, and an upstream fix path does exist, so the remediation half of the candidacy still holds.

Products the scope rules checked

The products this CVE's record names, and whether VRT tracks each one. The scope rules decided on these.

Vendor Product Tracked CPE Source

mpxj mpxj not tracked cpe:2.3:a:mpxj:mpxj:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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