CVE-2022-45063

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

5.16% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 91.8% 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

Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

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

2022-11-10 00:00Z3 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-04-08 17:24Z4 MO AGO

Reserved

2022-11-09

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-77Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')Class
• CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')Base

Data version

5.2

Document digest

f263eb9c6e4d93d10f6dc7fea2de6b2476d4fa9ba207e87b0d1b5afac325cf23

• invisible-island.nethttps://invisible-island.net/xterm/xterm.log.html
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• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202211-09https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202211-09vendor-advisory
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