# CVE-2022-48310: Information disclosure in Sophos Connect Client

> An attacker can access sensitive key material from technical support archives in the Sophos Connect Client.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **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 Mar 2023
- **Updated:** 7 Mar 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-ffx9-rf8p-2px9

## What is CVE-2022-48310?

CVE-2022-48310 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sophos Connect Client, published on 1 Mar 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

An information disclosure vulnerability allows sensitive key material to be included in technical support archives in Sophos Connect versions older than 2.2.90.

Weakness: CWE-312 (Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-48310?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Sophos Connect.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-48310?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-48310 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-48310 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-48310 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Sophos Connect Client

- [CVE-2021-25265](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-25265/): Code injection in Sophos Connect Client (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2022-48309](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-48309/): Cross-site request forgery in Sophos Connect Client (medium 4.3)
- [CVE-2022-4901](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-4901/): Cross-site scripting in Sophos Connect Client (low 3.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-48310 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-48310 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sophos Connect Client, published on 1 Mar 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-2022-48310 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Sophos Connect Client. 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-2022-48310/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-48310/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48310
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-48310
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-48310

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-48310/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.