CVE-2022-46996 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

vSphere_selfuse commit 2a9fe074a64f6a0dd8ac02f21e2f10d66cac5749 was discovered to contain a code execution backdoor via the request package. This vulnerability allows attackers to access sensitive user information and digital currency keys, as well as escalate privileges.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

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 0.0071.

Exploitation poc

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

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

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:vsphere_selfuse_project:vsphere_selfuse:2019-07-22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Vsphere Selfuse Project Subscribe	Vsphere Selfuse Subscribe

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-49774	vSphere_selfuse commit 2a9fe074a64f6a0dd8ac02f21e2f10d66cac5749 was discovered to contain a code execution backdoor via the request package. This vulnerability allows attackers to access sensitive user information and digital currency keys, as well as escalate privileges.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/SHenry07/vSphere_selfuse/
https://github.com/SHenry07/vSphere_selfuse/issues/39
https://mirrors.neusoft.edu.cn/pypi/web/simple/request/

History

Mon, 21 Apr 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-912
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2022-12-14T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-21T19:08:05.279Z

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

Link: CVE-2022-46996

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T14:47:28.376Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-12-14T15:15:10.777

Modified: 2025-04-21T19:15:17.693

Link: CVE-2022-46996

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

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