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Fencer Vulns
critical 9.8

CVE-2022-25643 json

seatd-launch in seatd 0.6.x before 0.6.4 allows removing files with escalated privileges when installed setuid root.

published 2022-02-22 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-30303

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.1%
EPSS 2.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 81%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

seatd-launch in seatd 0.6.x before 0.6.4 allows removing files with escalated privileges when installed setuid root. The attack vector is a user-supplied socket pathname.

Patch / fix

  • seatd_project seatd 0.6.4
  • seatd Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.6.4-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2022-25643

  • seatd openSUSE Tumbleweed 0.6.4-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:11875-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2022-25643 updated

seatd-launch: allows file deletion with escalated privledges

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

2.10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 81% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 9.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-668 Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere

References

Sources

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