# CVE-2022-34443: Privilege escalation in Rugged Control Center (RCC)

> A local low-privilege attacker can exploit improper input validation in Dell Rugged Control Center to escalate privileges.

- **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 Feb 2023
- **Updated:** 27 Mar 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-vmx7-6557-ccqq

## What is CVE-2022-34443?

CVE-2022-34443 is a high-severity vulnerability in Dell Rugged Control Center (RCC), published on 1 Feb 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Dell Rugged Control Center, versions prior to 4.5, contain an Improper Input Validation in the Service EndPoint. A Local Low Privilege attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to an Escalation of privileges.

Weakness: CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-34443?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Dell Rugged Control Center.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-34443?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-34443 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-34443 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-34443 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Dell Rugged Control Center (RCC)

- [CVE-2023-39256](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-39256/): Privilege escalation in Rugged Control Center (RCC) (high 7.3)
- [CVE-2023-39257](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-39257/): Missing authorization in Rugged Control Center (RCC) (high 7.3)
- [CVE-2023-43089](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-43089/): Missing authorization in Dell Rugged Control Center (medium 4.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-34443 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-34443 is a high-severity vulnerability in Dell Rugged Control Center (RCC), published on 1 Feb 2023. 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-2022-34443 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Dell Rugged Control Center (RCC). 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-2022-34443/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-34443/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-34443
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-34443
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-34443

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-34443/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.