# CVE-2022-1775: Weak Password Requirements in polonel/trudesk

> Trudesk allows weak passwords, enabling attackers to guess credentials and take over user accounts.

- **Severity:** High 8.4 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 20 May 2022
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-rg6r-9xcf-7ppm

## What is CVE-2022-1775?

CVE-2022-1775 is a high-severity vulnerability in polonel/trudesk, published on 20 May 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Weak Password Requirements in GitHub repository polonel/trudesk prior to 1.2.2.

Weakness: CWE-521 (Weak Password Requirements)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-1775?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Trudesk Project Trudesk.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-1775?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-1775 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-1775 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-1775 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in polonel/trudesk

- [CVE-2022-2023](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2023/): Incorrect Use of Privileged APIs in polonel/trudesk (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2022-1770](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-1770/): Improper Privilege Management in polonel/trudesk (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2022-2128](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2128/): Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type in polonel/trudesk (critical 9.6)
- [CVE-2022-1931](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-1931/): Incorrect Synchronization in polonel/trudesk (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2022-1947](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-1947/): Use of Incorrect Operator in polonel/trudesk (critical 9.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-1775 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-1775 is a high-severity vulnerability in polonel/trudesk, published on 20 May 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-1775 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: polonel/trudesk. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-1775/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-1775/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1775
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-1775
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-1775

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-1775/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.