What is CVE-2022-48624?

CVE-2022-48624 is a high-severity vulnerability in Greenwoodsoftware Less, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2024-02-19.

How severe is CVE-2022-48624?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-48624 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

RCE in Greenwoodsoftware Less

CVE-2022-48624

close_altfile in filename.c in less before 606 omits shell_quote calls for LESSCLOSE.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

Published 2024-02-19 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (64.5th percentile), scored 2026-11-01.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 65th percentile — 64.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Greenwoodsoftware Less

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

github.com/gwsw/less/commit/c6ac6de49698be84d264a0c4c0c40bb870b10144 (Patch)
greenwoodsoftware.com/less/ (Release Notes)
github.com/gwsw/less/compare/v605...v606 (Patch)
security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240605-0010/ (Third Party Advisory)
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/05/msg00018.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-48624?: CVE-2022-48624 is a high-severity vulnerability in Greenwoodsoftware Less, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2024-02-19.
How severe is CVE-2022-48624?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-48624 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.