# CVE-2022-36925: Insecure key generation for Zoom Rooms for macOS Clients

> Local attackers can derive IPC encryption keys to execute privileged functions or cause denial of service in Zoom Rooms for macOS.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L`)
- **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:** 9 Jan 2023
- **Updated:** 9 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-qrp2-r4vv-rxvf

## What is CVE-2022-36925?

CVE-2022-36925 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Zoom Rooms, published on 9 Jan 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Zoom Rooms for macOS clients before version 5.11.4 contain an insecure key generation mechanism. The encryption key used for IPC between the Zoom Rooms daemon service and the Zoom Rooms client was generated using parameters that could be obtained by a local low-privileged application. That key can then be used to interact with the daemon service to execute privileged functions and cause a local denial of service.

Weakness: CWE-798 (Use of Hard-coded Credentials), CWE-321 (Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-36925?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Zoom Rooms.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-36925?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-36925 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-36925 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-36925 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Zoom Rooms

- [CVE-2023-39211](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-39211/): Information disclosure in Zoom Desktop Client for Windows and Zoom Rooms for Windows (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2022-36926](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-36926/): Local Privilege Escalation in Zoom Rooms for macOS Clients (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2022-36927](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-36927/): Local Privilege Escalation in Zoom Rooms for macOS Clients (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2022-36930](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-36930/): Local Privilege Escalation in Zoom Rooms for Windows Installers (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2022-36924](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-36924/): Local Privilege Escalation in Zoom Rooms Installer for Windows (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-36925 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-36925 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Zoom Rooms, published on 9 Jan 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-2022-36925 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Zoom Rooms. 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-2022-36925/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-36925/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-36925
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-36925
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-36925

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-36925/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.