{"vulnerability": "cve-2022-40277", "sightings": [{"uuid": "2312eefb-f0e6-46ab-a1e2-25c7e24ff5fa", "vulnerability_lookup_origin": "1a89b78e-f703-45f3-bb86-59eb712668bd", "author": "2a075640-a300-48a4-bb44-bc6130783b9b", "vulnerability": "CVE-2022-40277", "type": "published-proof-of-concept", "source": "https://t.me/DarkWebInformer_CVEAlerts/17043", "content": "\ud83d\udd17 DarkWebInformer.com - Cyber Threat Intelligence\n\ud83d\udccc CVE ID: CVE-2022-40277\n\ud83d\udd25 CVSS Score: N/A\n\ud83d\udd39 Description: 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.\n\ud83d\udccf Published: 2022-09-30T16:20:59.000Z\n\ud83d\udccf Modified: 2025-05-20T18:32:21.014Z\n\ud83d\udd17 References:\n1. https://fluidattacks.com/advisories/skrillex/\n2. https://github.com/laurent22/joplin", "creation_timestamp": "2025-05-20T18:42:24.000000Z"}, {"uuid": "5042c147-30dd-4419-8d1d-42c402144a09", "vulnerability_lookup_origin": "1a89b78e-f703-45f3-bb86-59eb712668bd", "author": "2a075640-a300-48a4-bb44-bc6130783b9b", "vulnerability": "CVE-2022-40277", "type": "seen", "source": "https://t.me/cibsecurity/50784", "content": "\u203c CVE-2022-40277 \u203c\n\nJoplin 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.\n\n\ud83d\udcd6 Read\n\nvia \"National Vulnerability Database\".", "creation_timestamp": "2022-09-30T20:36:23.000000Z"}]}