JetBrains Ktor before 2.1.0 was vulnerable to a Reflect File Download attack

MEDIUM 6.1CVE-2022-38179 · GHSA-v866-gwf5-w92f · Published 12/08/2022 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2022-38179 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.1) vulnerability affecting io.ktor:ktor, ktor (jetbrains).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.50%, higher than 42.6% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 2.1.0 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
io.ktor:ktor Maven	`< 2.1.0`	`2.1.0`
ktor jetbrains	`< 2.1.0`	`2.1.0`

JetBrains Ktor before 2.1.0 was vulnerable to a Reflect File Download attack.

NVD description

JetBrains Ktor before 2.1.0 was vulnerable to the Reflect File Download attack

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