CVE-2022-2068The c_rehash script allows command injection
- 9.8CriticalCVSS base score
- 96.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.1% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- YesPublic exploitsa reference or SSVC says so
Description
In addition to the c_rehash shell command injection identified in CVE-2022-1292, further circumstances where the c_rehash script does not properly sanitise shell metacharacters to prevent command injection were found by code review. When the CVE-2022-1292 was fixed it was not discovered that there are other places in the script where the file names of certificates being hashed were possibly passed to a command executed through the shell. This script is distributed by some operating systems in a manner where it is automatically executed. On such operating systems, an attacker could execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of the script. Use of the c_rehash script is considered obsolete and should be replaced by the OpenSSL rehash command line tool. Fixed in OpenSSL 3.0.4 (Affected 3.0.0,3.0.1,3.0.2,3.0.3). Fixed in OpenSSL 1.1.1p (Affected 1.1.1-1.1.1o). Fixed in OpenSSL 1.0.2zf (Affected 1.0.2-1.0.2ze).
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: a proof of concept is public.
Timeline
ID reserved
By openssl
- 8 days later
· 8 days later
Published
- 4 years later
· 4 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 96.4% · top 0.1% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: poc · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Affected products
References
References15
- https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20220621.txt (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://git.openssl.org/gitweb/?p=openssl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=2c9c35870601b4a44d86ddbf512b38df38285cfa (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://git.openssl.org/gitweb/?p=openssl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=9639817dac8bbbaa64d09efad7464ccc405527c7 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://git.openssl.org/gitweb/?p=openssl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=7a9c027159fe9e1bbc2cd38a8a2914bff0d5abd9 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- DSA-5169 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- FEDORA-2022-3b7d0abd0b (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220707-0008/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- FEDORA-2022-41890e9e44 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-332410.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://gitlab.com/fraf0/cve-2022-1292-re_score-analysis (opens in a new tab)
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Nov/0 (opens in a new tab)
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-332410.html (opens in a new tab)
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-794697.html (opens in a new tab)
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-146325.html (opens in a new tab)
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2022-34360 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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