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TI-2022-06308 Aliases CVE-2022-21946GHSA-wj8w-cmvq-mfv8

suddoers configuration for cscreen not restrictive enough

Priority LOW 24CWE-732Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · Low · Low
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

A Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource vulnerability in the sudoers configuration in cscreen of openSUSE Factory allows any local users to gain the privileges of the tty and dialout groups and access and manipulate any running cscreen seesion. This issue affects: openSUSE Factory cscreen version 1.2-1.3 and prior versions.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.0026 17th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
openSUSEFactorycscreen – 1.2-1.3—No fix listedCNA
  • Factory VendoropenSUSE Affected cscreen – 1.2-1.3 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:cscreen:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.2 – 1.3VulnerableopenSUSE
cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:factory:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*not specified by NVDRunning onopenSUSE
  • cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:cscreen:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.2 – 1.3 Vulnerable ·openSUSE
  • cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:factory:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Running on ·openSUSE

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-21946
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wj8w-cmvq-mfv8

References

Exploit 1

  • TI-2022-06307 cscreen: usage of fixed path /tmp/cscreen.debug CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1

Sources

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