Vulnerability · Published Mar 21, 2022 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2022-26184
Critical 9.8
In plain English
A critical-severity security flaw in the poetry package (PyPI). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.8% (higher than 79% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)9.8Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)1.8%top 20.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
Poetry v1.1.9 and below was discovered to contain an untrusted search path which causes the application to behave in unexpected ways when users execute Poetry commands in a directory containing malicious content. This vulnerability occurs when the application is ran on Windows OS.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| PyPI | poetry | 1.1.9 | PYSEC-2022-234 |
| PyPI | poetry | 1.1.9 | GHSA-xr2c-5w89-63pv |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | poetry | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-26184 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | poetry | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-26184 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | poetry | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-26184 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | poetry | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-26184 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | poetry | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-26184 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | poetry-core | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-26184 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | poetry-core | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-26184 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | poetry-core | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-26184 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | poetry-core | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-26184 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | poetry-core | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-26184 |