CVE-2022-46996

Exploitation

Public exploit code exists. CISA's assessment records a public proof of concept. That is not a report of exploitation in the wild.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationpocPublic proof-of-concept exploit code exists. Not a report of exploitation in the wild.
• 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

1.26% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 67.6% 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

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

2022-12-14 00:00Z3 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-04-21 19:08Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2022-12-12

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-912Hidden FunctionalityClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

a9d32e3a86e36547a92706f7d9485c58687ea4f70587886480645823a4df1467

• mirrors.neusoft.edu.cnhttps://mirrors.neusoft.edu.cn/pypi/web/simple/request/
• github.comhttps://github.com/SHenry07/vSphere_selfuse/
• github.comhttps://github.com/SHenry07/vSphere_selfuse/issues/39