An issue was discovered in Qualys Cloud Agent 4.8.0-49.
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-532.
Summary
An issue was discovered in Qualys Cloud Agent 4.8.0-49. It writes "ps auxwwe" output to the /var/log/qualys/qualys-cloud-agent-scan.log file. This may, for example, unexpectedly write credentials (from environment variables) to disk in cleartext. NOTE: there are no common circumstances in which qualys-cloud-agent-scan.log can be read by a user other than root; however, the file contents could be exposed through site-specific operational practices. The vendor does NOT characterize this as a vulnerability because the ps data collection is intentional, and would only capture credentials on a machine that was already affected by the CWE-214 weakness
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-29550
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9c2p-jfmw-fgw7
References
Advisory 4
- https://blog.qualys.com/vulnerabilities-threat-research
- https://blog.qualys.com/product-tech/2022/08/15/qualys-security-updates-cloud-agent-for-linux
- 20220912 Multiple vulnerabilities discovered in Qualys Cloud Agent
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/168367/Qualys-Cloud-Agent-Arbitrary-Code-Execution.html
More Qualys Cloud Agent vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-12716 Local privilege escalation in Qualys Cloud Agent CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.0
- TI-2023-12715 Race condition in Qualys Cloud Agent CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.0
- TI-2023-12713 Executable Hijacking CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.0
- TI-2023-12714 NTFS Junction CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.7
Sources
- CVE-2022-29550 · CVE Program
- CVE-2022-29550 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-9c2p-jfmw-fgw7 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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