CVE-2022-41973
HIGH7.8EPSS 0.23%multipath-tools - security update
Published: 10/29/2022Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
multipath-tools 0.7.7 through 0.9.x before 0.9.2 allows local users to obtain root access, as exploited in conjunction with CVE-2022-41974. Local users able to access /dev/shm can change symlinks in multipathd due to incorrect symlink handling, which could lead to controlled file writes outside of the /dev/shm directory. This could be used indirectly for local privilege escalation to root.
Affected packages (3)
- Debian/multipath-toolsfrom 0, < 0.8.5-2+deb11u1
- Debian/multipath-toolsfrom 0, < 0.7.9-3+deb10u2
- Debian/multipath-toolsfrom 0, < 0.8.5-2+deb11u1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |