{"id":"CVE-2022-40277","details":"Joplin version 2.8.8 allows an external attacker to execute arbitrary commands remotely on any client that opens a link in a malicious markdown file, via Joplin. This is possible because the application does not properly validate the schema/protocol of existing links in the markdown file before passing them to the 'shell.openExternal' function.","aliases":["GHSA-mjr5-v9c9-mm7g"],"modified":"2026-08-12T03:51:16.435394266Z","published":"2022-09-30T16:20:59Z","database_specific":{"cna_assigner":"Fluid Attacks","osv_generated_from":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/40xxx/CVE-2022-40277.json"},"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://fluidattacks.com/advisories/skrillex/"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/40xxx/CVE-2022-40277.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-40277"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://github.com/laurent22/joplin"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://github.com/laurent22/joplin","events":[{"introduced":"c2a6a13eb46550a1d024261ed8db39ea98a4497a"},{"last_affected":"c2a6a13eb46550a1d024261ed8db39ea98a4497a"}],"database_specific":{"source":"AFFECTED_FIELD","extracted_events":[{"introduced":"2.8.8"},{"last_affected":"2.8.8"}]}}],"versions":["2.8.8","v2.8.8"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2022-40277.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}