CVE-2022-21946 json
suddoers configuration for cscreen not restrictive enough
published 2022-03-16 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-27102
- cvss
- 5.3
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.3%
- EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 17%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
A Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource vulnerability in the sudoers configuration in cscreen of openSUSE Factory allows any local users to gain the privileges of the tty and dialout groups and access and manipulate any running cscreen seesion. This issue affects: openSUSE Factory cscreen version 1.2-1.3 and prior versions.
Patch / fix
- cscreen openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.4-1.1
opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:11924-1
Exploit prediction
0.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 17% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Exploits and checks
- bugzilla.suse.com https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1196451 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |
| NVD | 3.1 | 5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |
| NVD | 2.0 | 4.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
Affected products
- openSUSE Factory
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource
References
-
bugzilla.suse.com
/show_bug.cgi?id=1196451
exploit, issue-tracking, vendor-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2022-21946
- NVD CVE-2022-21946
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