Vulnerability in Gnupg
CVE-2022-34903
GnuPG through 2.3.6, in unusual situations where an attacker possesses any secret-key information from a victim's keyring and other constraints (e.g., use of GPGME) are met, allows signature forgery via injection into the status line.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.028 (86.1th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 86th percentile — 86.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.028 · newest: 0.028 · change: +0.001
Affected products
- Gnupg
- NetApp Active Iq Unified Manager
- NetApp Ontap Select Deploy Administration Utility
- Debian Linux — versions 10.0, 11.0
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 35, 36
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/06/30/1 (Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- bugs.debian.org/1014157 (Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- dev.gnupg.org/T6027 (Patch, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/07/02/1 (mailing-list, Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5174 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220826-0005/ (Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-34903?
- CVE-2022-34903 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gnupg, classified under Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component (Injection). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-07-01.
- How severe is CVE-2022-34903?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2022-34903 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.