CVE-2022-4563 Freedom of the Press SecureDrop gpg-agent.conf symlink
A local attacker can exploit symlink following in gpg-agent.conf to read or modify sensitive files in SecureDrop.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-4563?
CVE-2022-4563 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Freedom of the Press SecureDrop, published on 16 Dec 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A vulnerability was found in Freedom of the Press SecureDrop. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file gpg-agent.conf. The manipulation leads to symlink following. Local access is required to approach this attack. The name of the patch is b0526a06f8ca713cce74b63e00d3730618d89691. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-215972.
Weakness: CWE-59
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-4563?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Freedom Securedrop.
How do I fix CVE-2022-4563?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-4563 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2022-4563 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-4563 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-55vh-8q94-g3p9.