What is CVE-2022-3068?

CVE-2022-3068 is a high-severity vulnerability in Octoprint, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2022-09-21.

How severe is CVE-2022-3068?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Privilege escalation in Octoprint

CVE-2022-3068

Improper Privilege Management in GitHub repository octoprint/octoprint prior to 1.8.3.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (41.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 41st percentile — 41.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Octoprint
Octoprint Octoprint/octoprint — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

References

huntr.dev/bounties/f45c24cb-9104-4c6e-a9e1-5c7e75e83884 (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/octoprint/octoprint/commit/ef95ef1c101b79394f134e8fce000e6bae046571 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-3068?: CVE-2022-3068 is a high-severity vulnerability in Octoprint, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2022-09-21.
How severe is CVE-2022-3068?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.