What is CVE-2022-22704?

CVE-2022-22704 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Alpinelinux Alpine_linux, classified under CWE-909. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2022-01-06.

How severe is CVE-2022-22704?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Alpinelinux Alpine_linux

CVE-2022-22704

The zabbix-agent2 package before 5.4.9-r1 for Alpine Linux sometimes allows privilege escalation to root because the design incorrectly expected that systemd would (in effect) determine part of the configuration.

EPSS: 0.013 (68.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Alpinelinux Alpine_linux
Zabbix Zabbix-agent2 — versions 5.4.9
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-909

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-22704?: CVE-2022-22704 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Alpinelinux Alpine_linux, classified under CWE-909. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2022-01-06.
How severe is CVE-2022-22704?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.