What is CVE-2022-2969?

CVE-2022-2969 is a high-severity vulnerability in Delta Industrial Automation Dialink, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2022-12-01.

How severe is CVE-2022-2969?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Delta Industrial Automation Dialink

CVE-2022-2969

Delta Industrial Automation DIALink versions prior to v1.5.0.0 Beta 4 uses an external input to construct a pathname intended to identify a file or directory located underneath a restricted parent directory. However, the software does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname, which can cause the pathname to resolve to a location outside of the restricted directory.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published 2022-12-01 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.023 (83.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 83rd percentile — 83.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.023 · newest: 0.023 · change: +0.001

Affected products

Delta Industrial Automation Dialink — versions 0
Deltaww Dialink — versions 1.5.0.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-22-307-03 (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-2969?: CVE-2022-2969 is a high-severity vulnerability in Delta Industrial Automation Dialink, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2022-12-01.
How severe is CVE-2022-2969?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.