CVE-2022-0074 json
Privilege Escalation in OpenLiteSpeed Web Server
published 2022-10-27 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-15295
- cvss
- 8.8
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 1.4%
- EPSS 1.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 73%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
Untrusted Search Path vulnerability in LiteSpeed Technologies OpenLiteSpeed Web Server and LiteSpeed Web Server Container allows Privilege Escalation. This affects versions from 1.6.15 before 1.7.16.1.
Patch / fix
- LiteSpeed Technologies OpenLiteSpeed Web Server 1.7.16.1
- LiteSpeed Technologies LiteSpeed Web Server 1.7.16.1
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 18 mo ago
Exploit prediction
1.43% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 73% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Exploits and checks
- github.com https://github.com/litespeedtech/ols-dockerfiles/blob/master/template/Dockerfile#L29 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 3.1 | 8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Affected products
- LiteSpeed Technologies OpenLiteSpeed Web Server
- LiteSpeed Technologies LiteSpeed Web Server
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-426 Untrusted Search Path
References
-
github.com
/litespeedtech/ols-dockerfiles/blob/master/template/Dockerfile#L29
exploit, third-party-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2022-0074
- NVD CVE-2022-0074
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