CVE-2022-48432
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedIn JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA before 2023.1 the bundled version of Chromium wasn't sandboxed.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceIn JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA versions prior to 2023.1, the bundled Chromium embedded browser was not running in a sandboxed environment. This means potential vulnerabilities in the embedded browser could be exploited to escape the sandbox and execute arbitrary code on the host system, bypassing a critical security defense layer.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data< 2023.1CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify installed IntelliJ IDEA versionOpen IntelliJ IDEA, go to Help > About (or use the command: ls /opt/idea* or check the installation directory for a version file). On Windows, check Add/Remove Programs or the installation folder.Affected if The displayed version is earlier than 2023.1 (for example, 2022.3, 2022.2, etc.)
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Determine if embedded browser is in useThe embedded Chromium browser is used internally by features like Markdown preview, Database tool window preview, Spellchecking with Grazie plugin, and some JetBrains Toolbox features. Check if any of these features are actively used in your workflows.Affected if You actively use Markdown rendering, database previews, or other features that render web content within the IDE on versions prior to 2023.1
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Verify sandbox status for embedded browserThis vulnerability exists when the embedded browser renders untrusted web content. No direct config file exists to check sandbox status on affected versions - the issue is that the sandbox was not enabled by default in versions prior to 2023.1.Affected if You view or render any external or untrusted HTML/Markdown content in IntelliJ IDEA versions prior to 2023.1
You are affected if you are running any IntelliJ IDEA version earlier than 2023.1 and actively use features that render web content (Markdown preview, database tool previews, etc.) within the IDE.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
dbcve · scoped2023.1
Upgrade IntelliJ IDEA to version 2023.1 or later where the bundled Chromium is properly sandboxed. For organizations unable to upgrade immediately, consider disabling the embedded browser functionality or implementing additional network segmentation as a compensating control.
2023.1 or later
- Download IntelliJ IDEA 2023.1 or later from the official JetBrains website (www.jetbrains.com)
- Install the new version of IntelliJ IDEA
- Verify the installation completed successfully
- Optionally uninstall the previous vulnerable version
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
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- Implementation1.0 h
- Testing1.0 h
- Review / QA1.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2022-48432 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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