What is CVE-2022-29587?

CVE-2022-29587 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Konicaminolta Bizhub 226i, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 4.0/10. Published 2022-05-16.

How severe is CVE-2022-29587?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.0 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-29587 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Privilege escalation in Konicaminolta Bizhub 226i

CVE-2022-29587

Konica Minolta bizhub MFP devices before 2022-04-14 have an internal Chromium browser that executes with root (aka superuser) access privileges.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

Published 2022-05-16 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.0 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (30.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 31st percentile — 30.9% 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

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cvemon

References

sec-consult.com/vulnerability-lab/ (Third Party Advisory)
sec-consult.com/vulnerability-lab/advisory/sandbox-escape-with-root-access-clea… (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-29587?: CVE-2022-29587 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Konicaminolta Bizhub 226i, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 4.0/10. Published 2022-05-16.
How severe is CVE-2022-29587?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.0 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-29587 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.