Information disclosure in Qualys Cloud Agent
CVE-2022-29550
An issue was discovered in Qualys Cloud Agent 4.8.0-49. It writes "ps auxwwe" output to the /var/log/qualys/qualys-cloud-agent-scan.log file. This may, for example, unexpectedly write credentials (from environment variables) to disk in cleartext. NOTE: there are no common circumstances in which qualys-cloud-agent-scan.log can be read by a user other than root; however, the file contents could be exposed through site-specific operational practices. The vendor does NOT characterize this as a vulnerability because the ps data collection is intentional, and would only capture credentials on a machine that was already affected by the CWE-214 weakness
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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:H/I:N/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (31.0th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 31st percentile — 31.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Qualys Cloud Agent — versions 4.8.0-49
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- blog.qualys.com/vulnerabilities-threat-research (Vendor Advisory)
- blog.qualys.com/product-tech/2022/08/15/qualys-security-updates-cloud-agent-for… (Vendor Advisory)
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Sep/10 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/168367/Qualys-Cloud-Agent-Arbitrary-Code-Executio… (Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-29550?
- CVE-2022-29550 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Qualys Cloud Agent, classified under Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2022-08-18.
- How severe is CVE-2022-29550?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2022-29550 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.