CVE-2022-0563 Information disclosure in util-linux

What is CVE-2022-0563?

CVE-2022-0563 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Netapp Ontap Select Deploy Administration Utility, published on 21 Feb 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A flaw was found in the util-linux chfn and chsh utilities when compiled with Readline support. The Readline library uses an "INPUTRC" environment variable to get a path to the library config file. When the library cannot parse the specified file, it prints an error message containing data from the file. This flaw allows an unprivileged user to read root-owned files, potentially leading to privilege escalation. This flaw affects util-linux versions prior to 2.37.4.

Weakness: CWE-209

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-0563?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Kernel Util-Linux, Netapp Ontap Select Deploy Administration Utility.

How do I fix CVE-2022-0563?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2022-0563 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-0563 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Netapp Ontap Select Deploy Administration Utility

• CVE-2015-5224 Race condition in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-7738 Command injection in n/a High 7.8
• CVE-2016-2779 Privilege escalation in n/a High 7.8
• CVE-2026-13595 Util-linux: util-linux: heap use-after-free in libblkid nested partition probing Medium 6.8
• CVE-2020-21583 Command injection in n/a Medium 6.7

All Netapp Ontap Select Deploy Administration Utility vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2022-0563, AZL-8841, CLEANSTART-2026-XN90162, DEBIAN-CVE-2022-0563, GHSA-5896-67mw-rv4j, JLSEC-2025-191 and 2 more.