CVE-2022-2068

7.3 HIGH
Published: June 21, 2022 Modified: November 03, 2025

Description

In addition to the c_rehash shell command injection identified in CVE-2022-1292, further circumstances where the c_rehash script does not properly sanitise shell metacharacters to prevent command injection were found by code review. When the CVE-2022-1292 was fixed it was not discovered that there are other places in the script where the file names of certificates being hashed were possibly passed to a command executed through the shell. This script is distributed by some operating systems in a manner where it is automatically executed. On such operating systems, an attacker could execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of the script. Use of the c_rehash script is considered obsolete and should be replaced by the OpenSSL rehash command line tool. Fixed in OpenSSL 3.0.4 (Affected 3.0.0,3.0.1,3.0.2,3.0.3). Fixed in OpenSSL 1.1.1p (Affected 1.1.1-1.1.1o). Fixed in OpenSSL 1.0.2zf (Affected 1.0.2-1.0.2ze).

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-332410.pdf
Source: openssl-security@openssl.org
Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220707-0008/
Source: openssl-security@openssl.org
Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5169
Source: openssl-security@openssl.org
Third Party Advisory
https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20220621.txt
Source: openssl-security@openssl.org
Vendor Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Nov/0
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-332410.pdf
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://gitlab.com/fraf0/cve-2022-1292-re_score-analysis
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220707-0008/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5169
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20220621.txt
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory

20 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
7.3 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
23.3%
96th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

fedoraproject broadcom openssl netapp debian siemens