CVE-2022-42948

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2023-03-30. Federal remediation due 2023-04-20.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active 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

2.71% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 84.6% 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

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

2023-03-24 00:00Z3 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-10-21 23:15Z10 MO AGO

Reserved

2022-10-14

Assigning CNA

mitre

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-116Improper Encoding or Escaping of OutputClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

a1241270b7a5a600d59e1cd803ac5cc9b91f26173a5ad1ab7f1f09ae78b0d183

• www.cobaltstrike.comhttps://www.cobaltstrike.com/blog/
• www.redpacketsecurity.comhttps://www.redpacketsecurity.com/helpsystems-cobalt-strike-code-execution-cve-2022-42948/
• thesecmaster.comhttps://thesecmaster.com/how-to-fix-cve-2022-42948-a-critical-rce-vulnerability-in-cobalt-strike/
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-42948government-resource