CVE-2022-2023 Incorrect Use of Privileged APIs in polonel/trudesk
Critical 10.0
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-2023 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2022-2023 is a critical vulnerability in polonel/trudesk, published on 20 Jun 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-2023 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-2022-2023/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2023/index.md)
Attackers can exploit incorrect use of privileged APIs to escalate privileges within the Trudesk helpdesk application.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-2023?
CVE-2022-2023 is a critical vulnerability in polonel/trudesk, published on 20 Jun 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Incorrect Use of Privileged APIs in GitHub repository polonel/trudesk prior to 1.2.4.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-2023?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Trudesk Project Trudesk.
How do I fix CVE-2022-2023?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-2023 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2022-2023 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-2023 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in polonel/trudesk
- CVE-2022-1770 Improper Privilege Management in polonel/trudesk
- CVE-2022-2128 Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type in polonel/trudesk
- CVE-2022-1931 Incorrect Synchronization in polonel/trudesk
- CVE-2022-1947 Use of Incorrect Operator in polonel/trudesk
- CVE-2022-1752 Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type in polonel/trudesk
Sources
Also known as GHSA-h97q-54jx-527j.