Cross-site scripting in ovirt-engine
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
An HTML injection/reflected Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability was found in the ovirt-engine. A parameter "error_description" fails to sanitize the entry, allowing the vulnerability to trigger on the Windows Service Accounts home pages.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | ovirt-engine | ovirt-engine 4.3 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- ovirt-engine Vendor— Affected ovirt-engine 4.3 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 1 product
- Red Hat Virtualization 4
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-3193
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6g28-qxjm-5vh2
References
More Ovirt-engine vulnerabilities
- TI-2022-00753 A flaw was found in the way the "flags" member of the new pipe buffer structure was… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2024-00759 Ovirt: authentication bypass CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2013-03826 Incorrect permission assignment in ovirt-engine CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2020-18019 Improper access control in ovirt-engine CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2020-11204 Cross-site scripting in ovirt-engine CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.3
- TI-2019-13948 Cross-site scripting in Red Hat ovirt-engine CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
Sources
- CVE-2022-3193 · CVE Program
- CVE-2022-3193 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-6g28-qxjm-5vh2 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2022-3193 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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