CVE-2022-21699

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

0.65% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 50.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Modified. 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

2022-01-19 21:15Z4 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-04-22 18:33Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2021-11-16

Assigning CNA

GitHub_M

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 8.2)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-250Execution with Unnecessary PrivilegesBase
• CWE-279Incorrect Execution-Assigned PermissionsVariant
• CWE-269Improper Privilege ManagementClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

b553befa1befc9ee97406d33e2a13f7c9e4fde6088550dd325b9986e51146895

• github.comhttps://github.com/ipython/ipython/security/advisories/GHSA-pq7m-3gw7-gq5xx_refsource_CONFIRM
• github.comhttps://github.com/ipython/ipython/commit/46a51ed69cdf41b4333943d9ceeb945c4ede5668x_refsource_MISC
• ipython.readthedocs.iohttps://ipython.readthedocs.io/en/stable/whatsnew/version8.html#ipython-8-0-1-cve-2022-21699x_refsource_MISC
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20220124 [SECURITY] [DLA 2896-1] ipython security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00021.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2022-b58d156ab0https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CRQRTWHYXMLDJ572VGVUZMUPEOTPM3KB/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2022-b9e38f8a56https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DZ7LVZBB4D7KVSFNEQUBEHFO3JW6D2ZK/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA