CVE-2022-48624 Command injection in n/a
High 7.8
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-48624 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2022-48624 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in n/a, published on 19 Feb 2024. 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-2022-48624 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: n/a. 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-2022-48624/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-48624/index.md)
Attackers can execute arbitrary commands via the LESSCLOSE environment variable due to missing shell quoting in the less utility.
- 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
What is CVE-2022-48624?
CVE-2022-48624 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in n/a, published on 19 Feb 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
close_altfile in filename.c in less before 606 omits shell_quote calls for LESSCLOSE.
Weakness: CWE-78
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-48624?
It affects 1 product.
Linux distribution packages (40)
less AlmaLinux:8 | All versions | 530-2.el8_9 |
less AlmaLinux:9 | All versions | 590-3.el9_3 |
less Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos | All versions | 0:530-2.el8_9 |
less-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos | All versions | 0:530-2.el8_9 |
less-debugsource Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos | All versions | 0:530-2.el8_9 |
less Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::baseos | All versions | 0:590-3.el9_3 |
less-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::baseos | All versions | 0:590-3.el9_3 |
less-debugsource Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::baseos | All versions | 0:590-3.el9_3 |
less Red Hat:rhel_eus:8.6::baseos | All versions | 0:530-2.el8_6 |
less-debuginfo Red Hat:rhel_eus:8.6::baseos | All versions | 0:530-2.el8_6 |
less-debugsource Red Hat:rhel_eus:8.6::baseos | All versions | 0:530-2.el8_6 |
less Red Hat:rhel_eus:8.8::baseos | All versions | 0:530-2.el8_8 |
less-debuginfo Red Hat:rhel_eus:8.8::baseos | All versions | 0:530-2.el8_8 |
less-debugsource Red Hat:rhel_eus:8.8::baseos | All versions | 0:530-2.el8_8 |
less Rocky Linux:8 | All versions | 0:530-2.el8_9 |
less Rocky Linux:9 | All versions | 0:590-3.el9_3 |
less SUSE:Enterprise Storage 7.1 | All versions | 530-150000.3.6.2 |
less SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS | All versions | 530-150000.3.6.2 |
less SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS | All versions | 530-150000.3.6.2 |
less SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS | All versions | 590-150400.3.6.2 |
less SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS | All versions | 590-150400.3.6.2 |
less SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 | All versions | 530-150000.3.6.2 |
less SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 | All versions | 530-150000.3.6.2 |
less SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 | All versions | 590-150400.3.6.2 |
less SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 | All versions | 590-150400.3.6.2 |
less SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 | All versions | 590-150400.3.6.2 |
less SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP5 | All versions | 590-150400.3.6.2 |
less SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 | All versions | 458-7.12.1 |
less SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS | All versions | 530-150000.3.6.2 |
less SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS | All versions | 530-150000.3.6.2 |
less SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS | All versions | 590-150400.3.6.2 |
less SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 | All versions | 458-7.12.1 |
less SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 | All versions | 530-150000.3.6.2 |
less SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 | All versions | 530-150000.3.6.2 |
less SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 | All versions | 590-150400.3.6.2 |
less SUSE:Manager Proxy 4.3 | All versions | 590-150400.3.6.2 |
less SUSE:Manager Server 4.3 | All versions | 590-150400.3.6.2 |
less openSUSE:Leap 15.5 | All versions | 590-150400.3.6.2 |
less openSUSE:Leap Micro 5.3 | All versions | 590-150400.3.6.2 |
less openSUSE:Leap Micro 5.4 | All versions | 590-150400.3.6.2 |
Products include Greenwoodsoftware Less.
How do I fix CVE-2022-48624?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.
Is CVE-2022-48624 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-48624 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as ALSA-2024:1610, ALSA-2024:1692, AZL-34458, CLSA-2024-1713523278, CLSA-2024-1713523598, CLSA-2024-1713523762 and 20 more.