Is CVE-2022-40817 actively exploited?

CVE-2022-40817 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2025-05-21.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-40817?

CVE-2022-40817 has a CVSS score of 4.3 (MEDIUM severity). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

How do I patch CVE-2022-40817?

Patch guidance is available from zammad security advisories. CVEDatabase generates AI-assisted remediation guidance on demand for CVE-2022-40817.

CVE-2022-40817 - remediation guidance & executive summary

Description

Zammad 5.2.1 has a fine-grained permission model that allows to configure read-only access to tickets. However, agents were still wrongly able to perform some operations on such tickets, like adding and removing links, tags. and related answers. This issue has been fixed in 5.2.2.

CVSS Metrics

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector: network
Complexity: low
Privileges: low
User Action: none
Scope: unchanged
Confidentiality: none
Integrity: low
Availability: none
Weaknesses: CWE-732 · Incorrect Permission Assignment CWE-732 · Incorrect Permission Assignment

Metadata

Primary Vendor: ZAMMAD
Published: 9/27/2022
Last Modified: 5/21/2025
Source: NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

zammad : zammad

Remediation Guidance

Executive Summary

Cite this page

CVE-2022-40817. CVEDatabase.com. Retrieved 1 May 2026. https://cvedatabase.com/cve/CVE-2022-40817

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CVE-2022-40817 vulnerability