# CVE-2022-3607: PYSEC-2022-42975 - Failure to Sanitize Special Elements into a Different Plane (Special Element Injection) in GitHub repository octoprint/octoprint prior to 1.

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2022-3607-octoprint-vulnerable-to-special-element-injection  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2022-10-19  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2022-3607 · Severity: low · CVSS 3 · Published 2022-10-19

Failure to Sanitize Special Elements into a Different Plane (Special Element Injection) in GitHub repository octoprint/octoprint prior to 1.8.3.

Technologies: [OctoPrint (PyPI)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/octoprint). Vendors: [PyPI](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/pypi).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2022-3607 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2022-3607 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2022-3607?** Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3, published 19 October 2022.

**Which products and versions are affected?** OctoPrint (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=1.8.3, GIT:introduced=0,fixed=3cca3a43f3d085e9bbe5a5840c8255bb1b5d052e|ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=1.8.3.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2022-3607?** Yes. OctoPrint (PyPI): upgrade to 1.8.3 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

**Am I affected by CVE-2022-3607?** Check whether you run OctoPrint (PyPI) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## How to fix

- OctoPrint (PyPI): upgrade to 1.8.3 or later

  ```sh
  pip install "OctoPrint>=1.8.3"
  ```


## Affected products

- OctoPrint (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=1.8.3, GIT:introduced=0,fixed=3cca3a43f3d085e9bbe5a5840c8255bb1b5d052e|ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=1.8.3

## Identifiers

- CVE-2022-3607
- GHSA-rj5f-vm79-5j84
- PYSEC-2022-42975

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