CVE-2022-0555

Exploitation

Public exploit code exists. CISA's assessment records a public proof of concept. That is not a report of exploitation in the wild.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationpocPublic proof-of-concept exploit code exists. Not a report of exploitation in the wild.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

0.28% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 20.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

8.4 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2024-06-03 18:17Z2 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-02 23:32Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2022-02-10

Assigning CNA

canonical

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 8.4)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-256Plaintext Storage of a PasswordBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

af88c4f7255573b3bd2f5ab1874f39676a70f7cc68dd84b515d9f09c7e9eebe4

• bugs.launchpad.nethttps://bugs.launchpad.net/subiquity/+bug/1960162issue-tracking
• www.cve.orghttps://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-0555issue-tracking
• github.comhttps://github.com/canonical/subiquity/pull/1181issue-tracking
• github.comhttps://github.com/canonical/subiquity/pull/1182issue-tracking