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CVE-2022-2120· NVD / CVE Program· CNA icscert

OFFIS DCMTK Path Traversal

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Plan (action score 40/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 3.2% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 88.2% of all records.
  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: dcmtk (Debian:11) 3.6.5-1+deb11u4; dcmtk (Debian:12) 3.6.7-6; gdcm (SUSE:Package Hub 15 SP3) 3.0.19-bp153.2.8.1.
  • Severity is disputed: the assigning authority (CNA) scores it 7.5, NVD 9.8.

Add it to your regular patch cycle. Upgrade to dcmtk (Debian:11) 3.6.5-1+deb11u4; dcmtk (Debian:12) 3.6.7-6; gdcm (SUSE:Package Hub 15 SP3) 3.0.19-bp153.2.8.1 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

OFFIS DCMTK's (All versions prior to 3.6.7) service class user (SCU) is vulnerable to relative path traversal, allowing an attacker to write DICOM files into arbitrary directories under controlled names. This could allow remote code execution.

CriticalCVSS 9.8 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
Jun 24, 2022
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
3.2% · 88th percentile

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Action score

40

Plan

Add it to your regular patch cycle.

CVSS
39 / 40 · 9.8 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
1 / 30 · 3.2%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
9.8
CNA · icscert
7.5
2.3 point gap

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.

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Affected systems

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Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • offis dcmtkbefore 3.6.7

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (icscert). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • OFFIS DCMTK

    • unspecified and later · before 3.6.7affected

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:11dcmtkbefore 3.6.5-1+deb11u43.6.5-1+deb11u4
Debian:12dcmtkbefore 3.6.7-63.6.7-6
SUSE:Package Hub 15 SP3gdcmbefore 3.0.19-bp153.2.8.13.0.19-bp153.2.8.1
SUSE:Package Hub 15 SP3gdcmbefore 3.0.19-bp153.2.8.13.0.19-bp153.2.8.1
SUSE:Package Hub 15 SP3orthancbefore 1.11.2-bp153.2.13.11.11.2-bp153.2.13.1
SUSE:Package Hub 15 SP3orthancbefore 1.11.2-bp153.2.13.11.11.2-bp153.2.13.1
SUSE:Package Hub 15 SP3orthanc-gdcmbefore 1.5-bp153.2.6.11.5-bp153.2.6.1
SUSE:Package Hub 15 SP3orthanc-gdcmbefore 1.5-bp153.2.6.11.5-bp153.2.6.1
SUSE:Package Hub 15 SP3orthanc-webviewerbefore 2.8-bp153.2.3.12.8-bp153.2.3.1
SUSE:Package Hub 15 SP3orthanc-webviewerbefore 2.8-bp153.2.3.12.8-bp153.2.3.1
SUSE:Package Hub 15 SP4dcmtkbefore 3.6.7-bp154.2.3.13.6.7-bp154.2.3.1
SUSE:Package Hub 15 SP4dcmtkbefore 3.6.7-bp154.2.3.13.6.7-bp154.2.3.1
SUSE:Package Hub 15 SP4gdcmbefore 3.0.19-bp154.2.5.13.0.19-bp154.2.5.1
SUSE:Package Hub 15 SP4gdcmbefore 3.0.19-bp154.2.5.13.0.19-bp154.2.5.1
SUSE:Package Hub 15 SP4orthancbefore 1.11.2-bp154.2.3.11.11.2-bp154.2.3.1
SUSE:Package Hub 15 SP4orthancbefore 1.11.2-bp154.2.3.11.11.2-bp154.2.3.1
SUSE:Package Hub 15 SP4orthanc-gdcmbefore 1.5-bp154.2.3.11.5-bp154.2.3.1
SUSE:Package Hub 15 SP4orthanc-gdcmbefore 1.5-bp154.2.3.11.5-bp154.2.3.1
SUSE:Package Hub 15 SP4orthanc-webviewerbefore 2.8-bp154.2.3.12.8-bp154.2.3.1
SUSE:Package Hub 15 SP4orthanc-webviewerbefore 2.8-bp154.2.3.12.8-bp154.2.3.1

Same product

offis: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2019-1010228OFFIS.de DCMTK 3.6.3 and below is affected by: Buffer Overflow.
    41Plan
  • CVE-2022-2119OFFIS DCMTK Path Traversal
    40Plan
  • CVE-2026-97059DCMTK through 3.7.0 Heap Over-read via NumberOfFrames
    35Monitor
  • CVE-2026-44031Uncontrolled recursion in the DCMTK DICOM dataset parser allows unauthenticated remote denial of service
    34Monitor
  • CVE-2024-27628Buffer Overflow vulnerability in DCMTK v.3.6.8 allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code via the EctEnhancedCT method component.
    32Monitor
  • CVE-2024-52333An improper array index validation vulnerability exists in the determineMinMax functionality of OFFIS DCMTK 3.6.8.
    31Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
debian:dcmtk3.6.7-6 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)
opensuse:dcmtk3.6.7-bp154.2.3.1 · openSUSE:Leap 15.4Package registry (OSV)
opensuse:gdcm3.0.19-bp153.2.8.1 · openSUSE:Leap 15.3Package registry (OSV)
opensuse:orthanc1.11.2-bp153.2.13.1 · openSUSE:Leap 15.3Package registry (OSV)
opensuse:orthanc-gdcm1.5-bp153.2.6.1 · openSUSE:Leap 15.3Package registry (OSV)
opensuse:orthanc-webviewer2.8-bp153.2.3.1 · openSUSE:Leap 15.3Package registry (OSV)
suse:dcmtk3.6.7-bp154.2.3.1 · SUSE:Package Hub 15 SP4Package registry (OSV)
suse:gdcm3.0.19-bp153.2.8.1 · SUSE:Package Hub 15 SP3Package registry (OSV)
suse:orthanc1.11.2-bp153.2.13.1 · SUSE:Package Hub 15 SP3Package registry (OSV)
suse:orthanc-gdcm1.5-bp153.2.6.1 · SUSE:Package Hub 15 SP3Package registry (OSV)
suse:orthanc-webviewer2.8-bp153.2.3.1 · SUSE:Package Hub 15 SP3Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

Finders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.

No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
High
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-23 · Relative Path Traversal

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd-primary

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

ATT&CK techniques

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Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

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Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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