Known exploited · Microsoft
CVE-2022-41040: Microsoft Exchange Server Server-Side Request Forgery Vulnerability
What it is
Microsoft Exchange Server allows for server-side request forgery. Dubbed "ProxyNotShell," this vulnerability is chainable with CVE-2022-41082 which allows for remote code execution.
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Exchange Server
- Added to KEV
- September 30, 2022
- CISA due date
- October 21, 2022
- Ransomware use
- Known
What CISA requires
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Forensic triage
No
What to do now
- Find every instance of Exchange Server you run, including the forgotten ones, and check its version against the vendor advisory.
- Apply the vendor's fix or mitigation, before October 21, 2022 if you are bound by CISA's deadline, sooner if it faces the internet.
- Assume it was tried against you already: look for signs of exploitation from the date it was added, not from the day you patched.
- Until every instance is patched, block the attack at the edge: a WAF in blocking mode stops SSRF payloads aimed at cloud metadata endpoints.
References
The Dome
Block it at the edge while you patch
The Dome's WAF runs the OWASP Core Rule Set in blocking mode and stops SSRF payloads aimed at cloud metadata endpoints before they reach your application.
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Start freeSource: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog (public domain), catalog version 2026.10.01.