What is CVE-2022-23950?

CVE-2022-23950 is a high-severity vulnerability in Keylime, classified under Creation of Temporary File in Directory with Insecure Permissions. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-09-21.

How severe is CVE-2022-23950?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Keylime

CVE-2022-23950

In Keylime before 6.3.0, Revocation Notifier uses a fixed /tmp path for UNIX domain socket which can allow unprivileged users a method to prohibit keylime operations.

Published 2022-09-21 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.016 (75.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 75th percentile — 75.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.014 · newest: 0.016 · change: +0.003

Affected products

Keylime
Keylime — versions keylime 6.3.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

seclists.org/oss-sec/2022/q1/101 (Exploit, Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/keylime/keylime/security/advisories/GHSA-9r9r-f8xc-m875 (Third Party Advisory)
github.com/keylime/keylime/commit/ea5d0373fa2c050d5d95404eb779be7e8327b911 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-23950?: CVE-2022-23950 is a high-severity vulnerability in Keylime, classified under Creation of Temporary File in Directory with Insecure Permissions. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-09-21.
How severe is CVE-2022-23950?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.