# CVE-2022-29097: Path traversal in Wyse Management Suite

> Remote attackers can exploit a path traversal flaw in Dell Wyse Management Suite to read arbitrary files from the server filesystem.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.9 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 24 Jun 2022
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-hm7j-m87f-5473

## What is CVE-2022-29097?

CVE-2022-29097 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Dell Wyse Management Suite, published on 24 Jun 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Dell WMS 3.6.1 and below contains a Path Traversal vulnerability in Device API. A remote attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability, to gain unauthorized read access to the files stored on the server filesystem, with the privileges of the running web application.

Weakness: CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory), CWE-23 (Relative Path Traversal)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-29097?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Dell Wyse Management Suite.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-29097?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-29097 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-29097 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-29097 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Dell Wyse Management Suite

- [CVE-2026-41120](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-41120/): Deserialization in Wyse Management Suite (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-36336](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-36336/): Deserialization in Wyse Management Suite (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-44272](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-44272/): SQL injection in Wyse Management Suite (WMS) (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2026-22765](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-22765/): Missing authorization in Wyse Management Suite (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2022-46754](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-46754/): Missing authorization in Wyse Management Suite (high 8.7)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-29097 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-29097 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Dell Wyse Management Suite, published on 24 Jun 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-29097 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Dell Wyse Management Suite. 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-2022-29097/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-29097/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-29097
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-29097
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-29097

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-29097/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.