CVE-2022-45929 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Northern.tech Mender 3.3.x before 3.3.2, 3.5.x before 3.5.0, and 3.6.x before 3.6.0 has Incorrect Access Control and allows users to change their roles and could allow privilege escalation from a low-privileged read-only user to a high-privileged user.

Published: 2024-06-20

Score: 8.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

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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 0.00137.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://mender.io/blog/cve-2022-45929-cve-2022-41324-improper-access-control-for-low-privileged-users
https://northern.tech

History

Wed, 25 Feb 2026 18:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Northern.tech Northern.tech mender
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:northern.tech:mender:3.3.2:::::::*
Vendors & Products		Northern.tech Northern.tech mender
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Northern.tech Mender

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2024-06-20T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-03T14:24:03.220Z

Reserved: 2022-11-27T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-45929

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T14:24:03.220Z

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2024-06-20T17:15:50.127

Modified: 2026-04-15T00:35:42.020

Link: CVE-2022-45929

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-284

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