Is CVE-2022-35490 actively exploited?

CVE-2022-35490 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2024-11-21.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-35490?

CVE-2022-35490 has a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL severity). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

How do I patch CVE-2022-35490?

Patch guidance is available from zammad security advisories. CVEDatabase generates AI-assisted remediation guidance on demand for CVE-2022-35490.

Which products are affected by CVE-2022-35490?

2 products: zammad zammad, zammad zammad.

Fix CVE-2022-35490 - CRITICAL zammad zammad

Description

Zammad 5.2.0 is vulnerable to privilege escalation. Zammad has a prevention against brute-force attacks trying to guess login credentials. After a configurable amount of attempts, users are invalidated and logins prevented. An attacker might work around this prevention, enabling them to send more than the configured amount of requests before the user invalidation takes place.

CVSS Metrics

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector: network
Complexity: low
Privileges: none
User Action: none
Scope: unchanged
Confidentiality: high
Integrity: high
Availability: high
Weaknesses: CWE-307

Metadata

Primary Vendor: ZAMMAD
Published: 8/8/2022
Last Modified: 11/21/2024
Source: NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

zammad : zammadzammad : zammad

Remediation Guidance

Executive Summary

Cite this page

CVE-2022-35490. CVEDatabase.com. Retrieved 1 May 2026. https://cvedatabase.com/cve/CVE-2022-35490

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CVE-2022-35490 vulnerability