CVE-2022-4563

HIGH
Published Dec 16, 20223y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
7.8 CVSS 3.1
High
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Published Dec 16, 2022 3y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

Description

A vulnerability was found in Freedom of the Press SecureDrop. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file gpg-agent.conf. The manipulation leads to symlink following. Local access is required to approach this attack. The name of the patch is b0526a06f8ca713cce74b63e00d3730618d89691. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-215972.

CVSS Details

Base Score
7.8
Exploitability
1.8
Impact
5.9
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity High
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

No active exploitation signals — not in CISA KEV and no EPSS score yet.

Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-59

Affected Products 1

VendorProductVersionRange
freedomsecuredrop* <2.5.1

References 5

  • github.com https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop/commit/b0526a06f8ca713cce74b63e00d3730618d89691
    PatchThird Party Advisory
  • github.com https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop/compare/2.5.0...2.5.1
  • github.com https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop/pull/6704
    Third Party Advisory
  • securedrop.org https://securedrop.org/news/2_5_1-security-advisory/
  • vuldb.com https://vuldb.com/?id.215972
    Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory

Remediation

  • github.com https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop/commit/b0526a06f8ca713cce74b63e00d3730618d89691
    PatchThird Party Advisory