What is CVE-2022-3287?

CVE-2022-3287 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fwupd, classified under Plaintext Storage of a Password. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-09-28.

How severe is CVE-2022-3287?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-3287 known to be exploited?

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

Vulnerability in Fwupd

CVE-2022-3287

When creating an OPERATOR user account on the BMC, the redfish plugin saved the auto-generated password to /etc/fwupd/redfish.conf without proper restriction, allowing any user on the system to read the same configuration file.

Published 2022-09-28 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.008 (55.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 56th percentile — 55.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.008 · change: +0.002

Affected products

Fwupd
Fwupd — versions Fixed in version 1.8.5

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

chnzzh/Redfish-CVE-lib

References

github.com/fwupd/fwupd/commit/ea676855f2119e36d433fbd2ed604039f53b2091 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-3287?: CVE-2022-3287 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fwupd, classified under Plaintext Storage of a Password. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-09-28.
How severe is CVE-2022-3287?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-3287 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.