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CVE-2022-2068

HIGH
7.3CVSS
Published: 2022-06-21
Updated: 2025-11-03
AI Analysis

Description

In addition to the c_rehash shell command injection identified in CVE-2022-1292, further circumstances where the c_rehash script does not properly sanitise shell metacharacters to prevent command injection were found by code review. When the CVE-2022-1292 was fixed it was not discovered that there are other places in the script where the file names of certificates being hashed were possibly passed to a command executed through the shell. This script is distributed by some operating systems in a manner where it is automatically executed. On such operating systems, an attacker could execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of the script. Use of the c_rehash script is considered obsolete and should be replaced by the OpenSSL rehash command line tool. Fixed in OpenSSL 3.0.4 (Affected 3.0.0,3.0.1,3.0.2,3.0.3). Fixed in OpenSSL 1.1.1p (Affected 1.1.1-1.1.1o). Fixed in OpenSSL 1.0.2zf (Affected 1.0.2-1.0.2ze).

CVSS Metrics

Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
local
Complexity
low
Privileges
low
User Action
required
Scope
unchanged
Confidentiality
high
Integrity
high
Availability
high
Weaknesses
CWE-78CWE-78

Metadata

Primary Vendor
OPENSSL
Published
6/21/2022
Last Modified
11/3/2025
Source
NIST NVD
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Affected Products

openssl : opensslopenssl : opensslopenssl : openssldebian : debian_linuxdebian : debian_linuxfedoraproject : fedorafedoraproject : fedorasiemens : sinec_inssiemens : sinec_inssiemens : sinec_inssiemens : sinec_insnetapp : element_softwarenetapp : hci_management_nodenetapp : ontap_antivirus_connectornetapp : ontap_select_deploy_administration_utilitynetapp : santricity_smi-s_providernetapp : smi-s_providernetapp : snapmanagernetapp : solidfirenetapp : bootstrap_osnetapp : h615c_firmwarenetapp : h610s_firmwarenetapp : h610c_firmwarenetapp : h410c_firmwarenetapp : h300s_firmwarenetapp : h500s_firmwarenetapp : h700s_firmwarenetapp : h410s_firmwarenetapp : fas_8300_firmwarenetapp : fas_8700_firmwarenetapp : fas_a400_firmwarenetapp : aff_8300_firmwarenetapp : aff_8700_firmwarenetapp : aff_a400_firmwarebroadcom : sannav

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