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JetBrains TeamCity < 2022.04.4 (CVE-2022-40979)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 339311

Synopsis

The instance of JetBrains TeamCity installed on the remote host is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

The version of JetBrains TeamCity installed on the remote host is prior to 2022.04.4. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability:

 - In JetBrains TeamCity before 2022.04.4 environmental variables of password type could be logged when using custom Perforce executable (CVE-2022-40979)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to JetBrains TeamCity version 2022.04.4 or later.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?adec9105

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 339311

File Name: jetbrains_teamcity_2022_04_4.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Combined

Agent: windows, macosx, unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 8/25/2026

Updated: 8/25/2026

Configuration: Enable thorough checks (optional)

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Enable CGI Scanning: true

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-40979

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:jetbrains:teamcity

Required KB Items: installed_sw/JetBrains TeamCity

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/23/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/23/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-40979

CWE: 532