# CVE-2022-29849: Privilege escalation in n/a

> A local attacker can exploit SUID binaries in Progress OpenEdge to elevate privileges and compromise the system.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 1 May 2022
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-j2jr-mqph-crf9

## What is CVE-2022-29849?

CVE-2022-29849 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 1 May 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

In Progress OpenEdge before 11.7.14 and 12.x before 12.2.9, certain SUID binaries within the OpenEdge application were susceptible to privilege escalation. If exploited, a local attacker could elevate their privileges and compromise the affected system.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-29849?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Progress Openedge.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-29849?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-29849 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-29849 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-29849 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2024-1403](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1403/): Authentication Bypass in OpenEdge Authentication Gateway and AdminServer (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2007-2417](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-2417/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2015-9245](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-9245/): Misconfiguration in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-40051](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-40051/): Progress Application Server (PAS) for OpenEdge File Upload via Directory Traversal (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2023-34203](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-34203/): Privilege escalation in n/a (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-29849 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-29849 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 1 May 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-29849 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. 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-2022-29849/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-29849/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-29849
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-29849
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-29849

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-29849/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.