Uncontrolled search path in AVEVA Edge
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-427.
Summary
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of AVEVA Edge 2020 SP2 Patch 0(4201.2111.1802.0000). User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the handling of APP files. The process loads a library from an unsecured location. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-17201.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-28688
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2x7m-w9xq-pcvr
- 2026-10-14 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile
- 2026-10-16 EPSS moved to the below the 50th percentile
- 2026-10-19 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile
References
More Aveva Edge vulnerabilities
- TI-2022-11329 Deserialization of untrusted data in AVEVA Edge CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2022-17174 XML external entity injection in AVEVA Edge CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
- TI-2022-11331 Uncontrolled search path in AVEVA Edge CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2022-17175 This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2022-11330 Uncontrolled search path in AVEVA Edge CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2015-00910 Schneider Electric InduSoft Web Studio before 7.1.3.4 SP3 Patch 4 and InTouch Machine… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
Sources
- CVE-2022-28688 · CVE Program
- CVE-2022-28688 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-2x7m-w9xq-pcvr · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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