CVE-2024-22226 Path traversal in Unity
An authenticated attacker can exploit a path traversal flaw in Dell Unity to write files with elevated privileges, requiring an upgrade to mitigate.
- 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-2024-22226?
CVE-2024-22226 is a low-severity path traversal vulnerability in Dell Unity Operating Environment, published on 12 Feb 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Dell Unity, versions prior to 5.4, contain a path traversal vulnerability in its svc_supportassist utility. An authenticated attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability, to gain unauthorized write access to the files stored on the server filesystem, with elevated privileges.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-22226?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Dell Unity Operating Environment.
How do I fix CVE-2024-22226?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-22226 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-2024-22226 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-22226 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Dell Unity Operating Environment
Sources
Also known as GHSA-mqhm-2f26-c69c.