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TI-2022-12003 Aliases CVE-2022-29549GHSA-2xrg-fw6r-w46h

An issue was discovered in Qualys Cloud Agent 4.8.0-49.

Priority LOW 32CWE-354Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

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

Summary

An issue was discovered in Qualys Cloud Agent 4.8.0-49. It executes programs at various full pathnames without first making ownership and permission checks (e.g., to help ensure that a program was installed by root) and without integrity checks (e.g., a checksum comparison against known legitimate programs). Also, the vendor recommendation is to install this agent software with root privileges. Thus, privilege escalation is possible on systems where any of these pathnames is controlled by a non-root user. An example is /opt/firebird/bin/isql, where the /opt/firebird directory is often owned by the firebird user.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00278 20th percentileScored 2026-11-07
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
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:qualys:cloud_agent_for_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 2.5.548.2VulnerableQualys
  • cpe:2.3:a:qualys:cloud_agent_for_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 2.5.548.2 Vulnerable ·Qualys

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-29549
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2xrg-fw6r-w46h

References

Advisory 4

Other 1

Sources

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