TI-2022-09020 Aliases CVE-2022-25328 GHSA-wxjg-p59j-6c92

Privilege escalation through command injection in fscrypt

LOW 31CWE-78Published 2022-02-25 · Updated 2025-04-21

Key facts

Attack vector: Local
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: Required
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · High
Fix status: Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-78.

Summary

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

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00202 10th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Fixed github.com/google/fscrypt (Go): 0.3.3

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
Google	fscrypt	up to 0.3.2	—	No fix listed	CNA
—	github.com/google/fscrypt (Go)	before 0.3.3	0.3.3	Patch available	GHSA-wxjg-p59j-6c92

fscrypt VendorGoogle Affected up to 0.3.2 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
github.com/google/fscrypt (Go) Vendor— Affected before 0.3.3 Fixed in 0.3.3 Patch available GHSA-wxjg-p59j-6c92

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:google:fscrypt::::::::	before 0.3.3	Vulnerable	Google

cpe:2.3:a:google:fscrypt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 0.3.3 Vulnerable ·Google

Remediation

Fix · GHSA-wxjg-p59j-6c92 github.com/google/fscrypt (Go) Fixed in 0.3.3 Advisory →

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-25328
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wxjg-p59j-6c92

References

TI-2018-04834 The pam_fscrypt module in fscrypt before 0.2.4 may incorrectly restore primary and… CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.5
TI-2022-09019 Local Denial of Service in fscrypt PAM module CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5
TI-2022-09018 Denial of Service in fscrypt CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5

Sources

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