CVE-2022-4170

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
• 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

2.22% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 82.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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

2022-12-09 00:00Z3 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-04-14 18:11Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2022-11-28

Assigning CNA

fedora

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Critical (CVSS 9.8)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-74Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')Class

Data version

5.1

Document digest

b450b551bd9903938d2c778a1209368f5a8edbc64a18a60c2b6c584b494d7e59

• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2151597
• www.openwall.comhttps://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/12/05/1
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202310-20https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-20vendor-advisory