TI-2022-12163 Aliases CVE-2022-29800 GHSA-37cj-9g83-7692

Time-of-check time-of-use race condition in networkd-dispatcher

MEDIUM 55CWE-367Published 2022-09-21 · Updated 2025-05-28

Key facts

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

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

Summary

A time-of-check-time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition vulnerability was found in networkd-dispatcher. This flaw exists because there is a certain time between the scripts being discovered and them being run. An attacker can abuse this vulnerability to replace scripts that networkd-dispatcher believes to be owned by root with ones that are not.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.07162 94th 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

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: Poc
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
—	networkd-dispatcher	uknown	—	No fix listed	CNA

networkd-dispatcher Vendor— Affected uknown Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_defender_for_endpoint:-:::::linux::	not specified by NVD	Vulnerable	Microsoft

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_defender_for_endpoint:-:*:*:*:*:linux:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Vulnerable ·Microsoft

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 4 products

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-29800
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-37cj-9g83-7692

References

Exploit 1

https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2022/04/26/microsoft-finds-new-elevation-of-privilege-linux-vulnerability-nimbuspwn/

TI-2022-12162 Path traversal in networkd-dispatcher CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5

Sources

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