What is CVE-2022-36617?

CVE-2022-36617 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Haystacksoftware Arq Backup, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 4.9/10. Published 2022-09-09.

How severe is CVE-2022-36617?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.9 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Haystacksoftware Arq Backup

CVE-2022-36617

Arq Backup 7.19.5.0 and below stores backup encryption passwords using reversible encryption. This issue allows attackers with administrative privileges to recover cleartext passwords.

EPSS: 0.004 (36.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Haystacksoftware Arq_backup
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-522 — Insufficiently Protected Credentials

References

cve@mitre.org (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-36617?: CVE-2022-36617 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Haystacksoftware Arq Backup, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 4.9/10. Published 2022-09-09.
How severe is CVE-2022-36617?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.9 out of 10.