What is CVE-2022-46161?

CVE-2022-46161 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Bpampuch Pdfmake, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 10.0/10. Published 2022-12-06.

How severe is CVE-2022-46161?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 10.0 out of 10.

RCE in Bpampuch Pdfmake

CVE-2022-46161

pdfmake is an open source client/server side PDF printing in pure JavaScript. In versions up to and including 0.2.5 pdfmake contains an unsafe evaluation of user controlled input. Users of pdfmake are thus subject to arbitrary code execution in the context of the process running the pdfmake code. There are no known fixes for this issue. Users are advised to restrict access to trusted user input.

Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)

EPSS: 0.016 (73.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 10.0 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Bpampuch Pdfmake — versions <= 0.2.5
Pdfmake

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-94 — Code Injection

References

security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
security-advisories@github.com (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-46161?: CVE-2022-46161 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Bpampuch Pdfmake, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 10.0/10. Published 2022-12-06.
How severe is CVE-2022-46161?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 10.0 out of 10.