# CVE-2022-41412: perfSONAR - SSRF

> Live exploitation tracking for CVE-2022-41412 by the CrowdSec Live Exploit Tracker, built from real-world attack data crowdsourced from CrowdSec's global network.

Page: https://tracker.crowdsec.net/cves/CVE-2022-41412

## Key facts

- **Exploitation phase:** Limited Exploitation. The vulnerability is known but shows very limited attacker interest or exploitation activity.
- **CVSS score:** 8.6
- **Public exploit available:** Yes
- **Affected products:** perfSONAR
- **Weaknesses:** CWE-918 (Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF))

## Description

An issue in the graphData.cgi component of perfSONAR v4.4.5 and prior allows attackers to access sensitive data and execute Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) attacks.

## CrowdSec analysis

[CVE-2022-41412](https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/CVE-2022-41412) is a vulnerability in the perfSONAR platform’s graphData.cgi component that allows attackers to conduct Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF), potentially exposing sensitive internal resources.

CrowdSec has been tracking this vulnerability and its exploits since 25th of March 2025.

CrowdSec network observations suggest that most exploitation of CVE-2022-41412 involves focused reconnaissance to identify viable targets. Attackers typically tailor their campaigns based on system exposure and configuration. It is unlikely that a given attack is accidental.
CrowdSec network telemetry also shows that exploitation of CVE-2022-41412 has significantly declined over the past week. Attack volumes are well below the long-term average, suggesting attackers are rapidly losing interest. The vulnerability appears to be falling out of active use across most threat landscapes.

Exploitation efforts typically involve requests made to URLs containing `/perfsonar-graphs/cgi-bin/graphdata.cgi`.

## Timeline

- 2022-11-30: CVE Published. CVE-2022-41412 is published to NVD.
- 2025-03-25: Rule Released. CrowdSec releases a rule to detect CVE-2022-41412 exploitation attempts against the CrowdSec Network.
- 2025-03-25: CrowdSec First Seen. CrowdSec observes in-the-wild exploitation of CVE-2022-41412 for the first time.

## References

- https://github.com/renmizo/CVE-2022-41412
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2022/CVE-2022-41412.yaml

## Live exploitation data

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