What is CVE-2022-35250?

CVE-2022-35250 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Rocket.chat, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2022-09-23.

How severe is CVE-2022-35250?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Rocket.chat

CVE-2022-35250

A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in Rocket.chat <v5 which made it possible to elevate privileges for any authenticated user to view Direct messages without appropriate permissions.

Published 2022-09-23 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (56.6th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 57th percentile — 56.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.009 · change: +0.001

Affected products

Rocket.chat
Rocket.chat — versions Fixed in 5.0>

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-732 — Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

References

hackerone.com/reports/917946 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-35250?: CVE-2022-35250 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Rocket.chat, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2022-09-23.
How severe is CVE-2022-35250?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.