What is CVE-2022-28658?

CVE-2022-28658 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apport Project. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-06-04.

How severe is CVE-2022-28658?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Apport Project

CVE-2022-28658

Apport argument parsing mishandles filename splitting on older kernels resulting in argument spoofing

Published 2024-06-04 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (9.8th percentile), scored 2026-10-20.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 10th percentile — 9.8% 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

Apport Project
Canonical Ltd. Apport — versions 0
Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 18.04, 20.04, 21.10

References

ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5427-1 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
www.cve.org/CVERecord (issue-tracking, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-28658?: CVE-2022-28658 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apport Project. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-06-04.
How severe is CVE-2022-28658?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.