CVE-2022-4563 HIGH

CVE-2022-4563: Freedom of the Press SecureDrop gpg-agent.conf symlink

Vendor Freedom Of The Press
Product SecureDrop
Weakness CWE-59
Published December 16, 2022
Last update April 15, 2025
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CVSS base score

7.8/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

A vulnerability was found in Freedom of the Press SecureDrop. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file gpg-agent.conf. The manipulation leads to symlink following. Local access is required to approach this attack. The name of the patch is b0526a06f8ca713cce74b63e00d3730618d89691. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-215972.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

December 16, 2022 CVE published
April 15, 2025 Record updated