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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.5

CVE-2022-4968 json

netplan leaks the private key of wireguard to local users.

published 2024-06-07 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-53922

cvss
6.5
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 18%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

netplan leaks the private key of wireguard to local users. Versions after 1.0 are not affected.

Patch / fix

  • canonical netplan 1.0.1
  • netplan.io Debian 14, Debian 13 1.0.1-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2022-4968

  • netplan.io Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 0.104-0ubuntu2~20.04.5
  • netplan.io Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 0.106.1-7ubuntu0.22.04.3
  • netplan.io Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 1.0-2ubuntu1.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2022-4968

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • netplan Azure Linux 3.0 1.0.1-1
  • netplan CBL-Mariner 2.0 0.95-3

azure linux advisories AZL-51921AZL-51964

Azure Linux vulnerability data, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, from https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData via OSV, under the MIT licence; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. MIT

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-2022-4968 updated cvss 6.5

netplan: leaks the private key of wireguard to local users

  • 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

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

0.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 18% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • bugs.launchpad.net https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/netplan.io/+bug/2065738 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected products

  • Canonical Ltd. Netplan

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-497 Exposure of Sensitive System Information to an Unauthorized Control Sphere

References

Sources

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