CVE-2022-29234 json
Grace period for lock settings in public/private chats in BigBlueButton
published 2022-06-01 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-33594
- cvss
- 4.3
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.9%
- EPSS 0.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 58%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
BigBlueButton is an open source web conferencing system. Starting in version 2.2 and prior to versions 2.3.18 and 2.4.1, an attacker could send messages to a locked chat within a grace period of 5s any lock setting in the meeting was changed. The attacker needs to be a participant in the meeting. Versions 2.3.18 and 2.4.1 contain a patch for this issue. There are currently no known workarounds.
Patch / fix
- bigbluebutton bigbluebutton 2.3.18, 2.4.1
- github.com/bigbluebutton/bigbluebutton#13850 pull request
- github.com/bigbluebutton/bigbluebutton#14265 pull request
- github.com/bigbluebutton/bigbluebutton/releases/tag/v2.3.18 release
- github.com/bigbluebutton/bigbluebutton/releases/tag/v2.4.1 release
- github.com/bigbluebutton/bigbluebutton/security/advisories/GHSA-36vc-… advisory
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 18 mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.85% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 58% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 4.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
| NVD | 3.1 | 4.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
| NVD | 2.0 | 4.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N |
Affected products
- bigbluebutton bigbluebutton
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-285 Improper Authorization
References
-
github.com
/bigbluebutton/bigbluebutton/pull/13850
patch, third-party-advisory
-
github.com
/bigbluebutton/bigbluebutton/pull/14265
patch, third-party-advisory
-
github.com
/bigbluebutton/bigbluebutton/security/advisories/GHSA-36vc-c338-6xjv
patch, third-party-advisory
-
github.com
/bigbluebutton/bigbluebutton/releases/tag/v2.3.18
release-notes, third-party-advisory
-
github.com
/bigbluebutton/bigbluebutton/releases/tag/v2.4.1
release-notes, third-party-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2022-29234
- NVD CVE-2022-29234
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