CVE-2022-23935

HIGH 7.8CVE-2022-23935 · Published 25/01/2022 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2022-23935 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability affecting exiftool (exiftool project).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 7.6%, higher than 94.5% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 12.38 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
exiftool exiftool_project	`< 12.38`	`12.38`

lib/Image/ExifTool.pm in ExifTool before 12.38 mishandles a $file =~ /\|$/ check, leading to command injection.

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