CVE-2022-0074 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Untrusted Search Path vulnerability in LiteSpeed Technologies OpenLiteSpeed Web Server and LiteSpeed Web Server Container allows Privilege Escalation. This affects versions from 1.6.15 before 1.7.16.1.

Published: 2022-10-27

Score: 8.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

No analysis available yet.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

LiteSpeed Technologies

OpenLiteSpeed Web Server

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`1.6.15`	affected	< 1.7.16.1

LiteSpeed Technologies

LiteSpeed Web Server

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`1.6.15`	affected	< 1.7.16.1

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:litespeedtech:openlitespeed:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-15295	Untrusted Search Path vulnerability in LiteSpeed Technologies OpenLiteSpeed Web Server and LiteSpeed Web Server Container allows Privilege Escalation. This affects versions from 1.6.15 before 1.7.16.1.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00281.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/litespeedtech/ols-dockerfiles/blob/master/template/Dockerfile#L29

History

Fri, 09 May 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Litespeedtech Openlitespeed

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: palo_alto

Published: 2022-10-27T19:32:19.200Z

Updated: 2025-05-09T19:19:06.373Z

Reserved: 2021-12-28T23:57:05.675Z

Link: CVE-2022-0074

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T23:18:41.529Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-10-27T20:15:12.917

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:37:52.267

Link: CVE-2022-0074

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-426

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