Medium severity · published Jan 11, 2023
CVE-2022-4415
A vulnerability was found in systemd
5.5
CVSS
0.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A vulnerability was found in systemd. This security flaw can cause a local information leak due to systemd-coredump not respecting the fs.suid_dumpable kernel setting.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.8% · higher than 57% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SY
Systemd · Systemd Project
246 before 253 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-4415
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-4415
Exploit
https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/b7641425659243c09473cd8fb3aef2c0d4a3eb9c
Mailing List
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/12/21/3
seclists.org
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jun/9
security.netapp.com
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230216-0010/
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