{"answers":{"affected":"","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-50924 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2022-50924 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2022-50924 is a high-severity vulnerability in Private Internet Access, published on 13 Jan 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2022-50924 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2022-50924 is a high-severity vulnerability in Private Internet Access, published on 13 Jan 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-50924 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Private Internet Access. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. 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.\n2. 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.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-50924/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-50924/index.md)","id":"CVE-2022-50924","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-50924/index.md","name":"CVE-2022-50924","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-qcrp-x5xv-4mr4"],"analysis":{"component_type":"desktop_application","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["code_execution","privilege_escalation"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"VPN client","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"Local attackers can execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges by exploiting an unquoted service path in the Private Internet Access VPN client.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"privilege_escalation"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"VulnCheck","cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":8.5,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","version":"4.0"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-428","name":"Unquoted Search Path or Element"}],"description":"Private Internet Access 3.3 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability that allows local users to potentially execute arbitrary code with elevated system privileges. Attackers can exploit the unquoted path in the service configuration to inject malicious code that would execute with LocalSystem permissions during service startup.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Private Internet Access 3.3 - 'pia-service' Unquoted Service Path","id":"CVE-2022-50924","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"privilege_escalation","year":"2022"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":4,"next":{"headline":"Prowise Reflect v1.0.9 - Remote Keystroke Injection","id":"CVE-2022-50925"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Cobian Backup 0.9 - Unquoted Service Path","id":"CVE-2022-50923"},"products":["Private Internet Access"],"published":"2026-01-13","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-03-05","vendors":["Private Internet Access"]},"summary":"Local attackers can execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges by exploiting an unquoted service path in the Private Internet Access VPN client.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-50924/"}