CVE-2022-25328 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2022-25328

Privilege escalation through command injection in fscrypt

Vulnerability Description

The bash_completion script for fscrypt allows injection of commands via crafted mountpoint paths, allowing privilege escalation under a specific set of circumstances. A local user who has control over mountpoint paths could potentially escalate their privileges if they create a malicious mountpoint path and if the system administrator happens to be using the fscrypt bash completion script to complete mountpoint paths. We recommend upgrading to version 0.3.3 or above

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Matthias Gerstner of SUSE

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

fscrypt
Vulnerable Versions:
unspecified

Timeline

Official Publish: February 25th, 2022
Last Modified: April 21st, 2025
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)