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CVE-2022-4968netplan leaks the private key of wireguard to local users. Versions after 1.0 are not affected.
- 6.5MediumCVSS base score
- 0.26%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 82% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
netplan leaks the private key of wireguard to local users. Versions after 1.0 are not affected.
Timeline
ID reserved
By canonical
- 15 days later
· 15 days later
Published
- 57 days later
· 57 days 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| canonicalCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.26% · top 82% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.5.
Affected products
- affected ≤ 1.0
References
References4
- https://github.com/canonical/netplan/commit/4c39b75b5c6ae7d976bda6da68da60d9a7f085ee (opens in a new tab)patchx_transferred
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/netplan/+bug/1987842 (opens in a new tab)issue-trackingx_transferred
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/netplan.io/+bug/2065738 (opens in a new tab)issue-trackingx_transferred
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-4968 (opens in a new tab)issue-trackingx_transferred
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-2022-53922 (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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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2022-4968)Record last updated .