{
  "cveId": "CVE-2022-40978",
  "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-40978",
  "summary": "CVE-2022-40978 is fixed in 3 products on 1 platform, first by IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition 2022.2.2, released September 14, 2022. 1 other affected product has no fix yet. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.",
  "title": "IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate Edition and 1 other: Uncontrolled Search Path Element",
  "description": "The installer of JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA before 2022.2.2 was vulnerable to EXE search order hijacking",
  "published": "2022-09-19T16:15:12Z",
  "severity": "",
  "cvss": 7.8,
  "cwe": "CWE-427: Uncontrolled Search Path Element",
  "epss": 0.0026,
  "epssPercentile": 0.17783,
  "priority": "High",
  "priorityTier": 3,
  "exploited": false,
  "vendorExploited": false,
  "disclosed": false,
  "vendorAdvisory": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-40978",
  "fixes": [
    {
      "platform": "windows-app",
      "product": "IntelliJ IDEA (EAP)",
      "fixedVersion": "262.5752.32",
      "fix": "IntelliJ IDEA (EAP) 262.5752.32",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/windows-app/jetbrains.intellijidea.eap-262.5752.32",
      "released": "2026-05-14T00:00:00Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "windows-app",
      "product": "IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition",
      "fixedVersion": "2022.2.2",
      "fix": "IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition 2022.2.2",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/windows-app/jetbrains.intellijidea.community-2022.2.2",
      "released": "2022-09-14T00:00:00Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "windows-app",
      "product": "IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate Edition",
      "fixedVersion": "2022.2.2",
      "fix": "IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate Edition 2022.2.2",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/windows-app/jetbrains.intellijidea.ultimate-2022.2.2",
      "released": "2022-09-14T00:00:00Z"
    }
  ],
  "noFixYet": [
    {
      "platform": "Windows apps",
      "product": "IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate Edition (EAP)",
      "status": "no-fix",
      "affectedVersion": "252.26199.7"
    }
  ],
  "dataAsOf": "2026-11-08T00:53:09Z",
  "attribution": {
    "text": "Data: Patchblox Patch Radar",
    "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/patch-radar",
    "terms": "https://patchblox.com/security/patch-radar/use-the-data"
  }
}