In Apache Maven maven-shared-utils prior to version 3.3.3, the Commandline class can emit double-quoted strings without proper escaping, allowing shell injection attacks.
CVE-2022-29599
This critical-severity CVE scores 9.8 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 0.3%, top 51% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 9.8
- EG Score
- 9.8(medium)
- EPSS
- 89.4%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
May 23, 2022
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
Advisory Details (5)
Auto-updated Jun 6, 2026[SECURITY] [DSA 5242-1] maven-shared-utils security update
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5242[SECURITY] [DLA 3086-1] maven-shared-utils security update
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/08/msg00018.html[MSHARED-297] Commandline class shell injection vulnerabilities - ASF Jira
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MSHARED-297[MSHARED-297] Unconditionally single quote executable and arguments
Upstream fix in progress (PR #40 · apache/maven-shared-utils, state=closed)
https://github.com/apache/maven-shared-utils/pull/40oss-security - CVE-2022-29599: Apache Maven: Commandline class shell injection vulnerabilities
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/05/23/3Vendor Advisories for CVE-2022-29599(9)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- RHSA-2024:0775Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: jenkins and jenkins-2-plugins security update
- RHSA-2024:0778Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Jenkins and Jenkins-2-plugins security update
- RHSA-2024:0777Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: jenkins and jenkins-2-plugins security update
- RHSA-2024:0776Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: jenkins and jenkins-2-plugins security update
- RHSA-2023:7288Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Product OCP Tools 4.14 Openshift Jenkins security update
- RHSA-2023:6179Red Hat Product SecurityCritical
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Product OCP Tools 4.13 OpenShift Jenkins security update
- RHSA-2023:6172Red Hat Product SecurityCritical
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Product OCP Tools 4.12 Openshift Jenkins security update
- RHSA-2023:6171Red Hat Product SecurityCritical
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Product OCP Tools 4.11 Openshift Jenkins security update
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Patch Availability(19)
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(1 across 1 ecosystem)
Maven(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| org.apache.maven.shared:maven-shared-utils | 0.1 ... 3.2.1 (14 versions) | 3.3.3 | — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Additional Vendor Advisories
(10)
Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.
- Red HatRHSA-2022:1541IMPORTANT2020-05-29
RHSA-2022:1541 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2022:1662IMPORTANT2020-05-29
RHSA-2022:1662 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2022:4699IMPORTANT2020-05-29
RHSA-2022:4699 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2022:4797IMPORTANT2020-05-29
RHSA-2022:4797 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2022:4798IMPORTANT2020-05-29
RHSA-2022:4798 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2022:9098IMPORTANT2020-05-29
RHSA-2022:9098 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2023:0573IMPORTANT2020-05-29
RHSA-2023:0573 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2023:3610IMPORTANT2020-05-29
RHSA-2023:3610 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2023:3622IMPORTANT2020-05-29
RHSA-2023:3622 — Important
- UbuntuUSN-6730-1MEDIUM
Apache Maven Shared Utils vulnerability
Data Freshness Timeline
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