CVE-2022-0031 Cortex XSOAR: Local Privilege Escalation (PE) Vulnerability in Cortex XSOAR Engine

Medium 6.7 Published Updated

A local attacker with shell access can execute programs with elevated privileges on the Cortex XSOAR engine.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
An administrator
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2022-0031?

CVE-2022-0031 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Cortex XSOAR, published on 9 Nov 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A local privilege escalation (PE) vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks Cortex XSOAR engine software running on a Linux operating system allows a local attacker with shell access to the engine to execute programs with elevated privileges.

Weakness: CWE-345

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-0031?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Paloaltonetworks Cortex Xsoar.

How do I fix CVE-2022-0031?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-0031 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2022-0031 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-0031 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-6hqr-4vm3-hg2q.

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