CVE-2022-3540

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Published Oct 17, 2022 CVSS 3.1 · 6.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

An issue has been discovered in hunter2 affecting all versions before 2.1.0. Improper handling of auto-completion input allows an authenticated attacker to extract other users email addresses

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

The hunter2 Contributors

hunter2

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`<2.1.0`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:hunter2_project:hunter2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-42906	An issue has been discovered in hunter2 affecting all versions before 2.1.0. Improper handling of auto-completion input allows an authenticated attacker to extract other users email addresses

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.524% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2022/CVE-2022-3540.json
https://gitlab.com/hunter2.app/hunter2/-/issues/529

History

Jul 12, 2025 1:45 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00034}`	epss `{'score': 0.00042}`

May 13, 2025 2:15 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Hunter2 Project Hunter2

Weaknesses

CWE-312

Sources

CVE record Updated: May 13, 2025, 1:56 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitLab
Published: Oct 17, 2022, 12:00 AM
Updated: May 13, 2025, 1:56 PM
Reserved: Oct 17, 2022, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 3, 2024, 1:14 AM

Updated: Aug 3, 2024, 1:14 AM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 4:59 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Oct 17, 2022, 4:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 4:59 AM

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Red Hat No data

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