What is CVE-2022-34429?

CVE-2022-34429 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell Hybrid Client (Dhc), classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-09-30.

How severe is CVE-2022-34429?

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

Path Traversal in Dell Hybrid Client (Dhc)

CVE-2022-34429

Dell Hybrid Client below 1.8 version contains a Zip Slip Vulnerability in UI. A guest privilege attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to system files modification.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published 2022-09-30 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

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

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (11.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 11th percentile — 11.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Dell Hybrid Client (Dhc) — versions unspecified
Dell Hybrid Client — versions 1.5, 1.6, 1.6.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000203345/dsa-2022-260-dell-hybrid-client-secu… (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-34429?: CVE-2022-34429 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell Hybrid Client (Dhc), classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-09-30.
How severe is CVE-2022-34429?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.