CVE-2022-29799

A vulnerability was found in networkd-dispatcher. This flaw exists because no functions are sanitized by the OperationalState or the AdministrativeState of networkd-dispatcher. This attack leads to a directory traversal to escape from the “/etc/networkd-dispatcher” base directory.

CVSS v3.1

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

CVSS v3.1

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

EPSS

11.76% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 96th percentile

Published

2022-09-21

Updated

2025-05-27

Proof-of-concept exploits (4)

• DDNvR/privelege_escalation0★ · 2023-09-05
• jfrog/nimbuspwn-tools63★ · 2022-04-28
• joshuavanderpoll/NimbusPWN-CVE-2022-29799-29800
• ngtuonghung/nimbuspwn-CVE-2022-29800-CVE-2022-29799

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2022-29800
• CVE-2022-21449
• CVE-2022-24675
• CVE-2023-25136
• CVE-2023-43786
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