CVE-2022-46663

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 ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited 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

1.41% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 72.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.5 (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:N/I:N/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

2023-02-07 00:00Z3 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-03-25 14:40Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2022-12-06

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.5)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

No CWE assigned

Data version

5.1

Document digest

c0dc19ccb5c613b72604a38015664223605c4930dfcf2e03c354662e89afb509

• github.comhttps://github.com/gwsw/less/commit/a78e1351113cef564d790a730d657a321624d79c
• www.greenwoodsoftware.comhttp://www.greenwoodsoftware.com/less/news.609.html
• www.openwall.comhttps://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/02/07/7
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20230207 CVE-2022-46663: less -R filtering bypasshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/02/07/7mailing-list
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2023-71442d7613https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LR7AUWB34JD4PCW3HHASBEDGGHFWPAQP/vendor-advisory
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202310-11https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-11vendor-advisory