What is CVE-2022-2332?

CVE-2022-2332 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Honeywell Softmaster, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 6.2/10. Published 2022-09-16.

How severe is CVE-2022-2332?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.2 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Honeywell Softmaster

CVE-2022-2332

A local unprivileged attacker may escalate to administrator privileges in Honeywell SoftMaster version 4.51, due to insecure permission assignment.

Published 2022-09-16 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.2 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (7.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 8th percentile — 7.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Honeywell Softmaster — versions 4.51

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-732 — Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

References

www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-22-256-02 (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory)
www.security.honeywell.com/-/media/Security/Resources/PDF/Product-Warranty/Secu… (Not Applicable)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-2332?: CVE-2022-2332 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Honeywell Softmaster, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 6.2/10. Published 2022-09-16.
How severe is CVE-2022-2332?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.2 out of 10.