CVE-2022-23220

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

0.50% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 42.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.8 (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:U/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

2022-01-21 00:00Z4 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-03 03:36Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2022-01-14

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-306Missing Authentication for Critical FunctionBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

1f2774e1580f3442758cfae0b28d4f967328e549494dba2357801ef36bc6bf98

• github.comhttps://github.com/gregkh/usbview/commit/bf374fa4e5b9a756789dfd88efa93806a395463b
• www.openwall.comhttps://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/21/1
• www.debian.orgDSA-5052https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5052vendor-advisory
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20220122 Re: usbview polkit policy local root exploit (CVE-2022-23220)http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/22/1mailing-list
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202310-15https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-15vendor-advisory