# CVE-2022-34755: Path traversal in Easergy Builder Installer

> Local attackers can execute arbitrary code during installation by placing crafted files in the search path, affecting Easergy Builder Installer users.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 18 Apr 2023
- **Updated:** 3 Mar 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-3r22-jvx3-7mjc

## What is CVE-2022-34755?

CVE-2022-34755 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Schneider Electric Easergy Builder Installer, published on 18 Apr 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

A CWE-427 - Uncontrolled Search Path Element vulnerability exists that could allow an attacker
with a local privileged account to place a specially crafted file on the target machine, which may
give the attacker the ability to execute arbitrary code during the installation process initiated by a
valid user. Affected Products: Easergy Builder Installer (1.7.23 and prior)

Weakness: CWE-427 (Uncontrolled Search Path Element)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-34755?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Schneider-Electric Easergy Builder Installer.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-34755?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-34755 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-34755 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-34755 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-34755 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-34755 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Schneider Electric Easergy Builder Installer, published on 18 Apr 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-34755 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Schneider Electric Easergy Builder Installer. 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-2022-34755/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-34755/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-34755
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-34755
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-34755

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-34755/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.