# CVE-2022-2088: Elcomplus SmartICS Access Control

> An authenticated admin can terminate any system process, potentially causing denial of service or facilitating privilege escalation in Elcomplus SmartICS.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 27 Jun 2022
- **Updated:** 16 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-fwqr-mxjf-9x7q

## What is CVE-2022-2088?

CVE-2022-2088 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Elcomplus SmartICS, published on 27 Jun 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

An authenticated user with admin privileges may be able to terminate any process on the system running Elcomplus SmartICS v2.3.4.0.

Weakness: CWE-284 (Improper Access Control)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-2088?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Smartics Smartics.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-2088?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-2088 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-2088 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-2088 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Elcomplus SmartICS

- [CVE-2022-2140](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2140/): Elcomplus SmartICS Cross-site Scripting (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2022-2106](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2106/): Elcomplus SmartICS Path Traversal (low 3.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-2088 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-2088 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Elcomplus SmartICS, published on 27 Jun 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-2088 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Elcomplus SmartICS. 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-2022-2088/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2088/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-2088
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2088
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-2088

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2088/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.