CVE-2022-46908 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

SQLite through 3.40.0, when relying on --safe for execution of an untrusted CLI script, does not properly implement the azProhibitedFunctions protection mechanism, and instead allows UDF functions such as WRITEFILE.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00116.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Sqlite	Sqlite

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:sqlite:sqlite:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-49687	SQLite through 3.40.0, when relying on --safe for execution of an untrusted CLI script, does not properly implement the azProhibitedFunctions protection mechanism, and instead allows UDF functions such as WRITEFILE.
Ubuntu USN	USN-6566-1	SQLite vulnerabilities

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33948588
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-46908
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-03
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230203-0005/
https://sqlite.org/forum/forumpost/07beac8056151b2f
https://sqlite.org/src/info/cefc032473ac5ad2
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-46908

History

Mon, 05 May 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2022-12-12T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-05-05T16:11:57.403Z

Reserved: 2022-12-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-46908

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T14:47:27.711Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-12-12T06:15:10.793

Modified: 2025-05-05T16:15:22.573

Link: CVE-2022-46908

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2022-12-12T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2022-46908 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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