Amanda 3.5.1 allows privilege escalation from the regular user backup to root.
Priority LOW 32CWE-77Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Deferred Red Hat: fix deferred
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-77.
Summary
Amanda 3.5.1 allows privilege escalation from the regular user backup to root. The SUID binary located at /lib/amanda/rundump will execute /usr/sbin/dump as root with controlled arguments from the attacker which may lead to escalation of privileges, denial of service, and information disclosure.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.0053 45th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Deferred Red Hat: fix deferred
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
| 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.
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-37704
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2699-8r69-fq67
References
Advisory 4
More Zmanda Amanda vulnerabilities
- TI-2019-14029 In Zmanda Management Console 3.3.9… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2023-14405 AMANDA (Advanced Maryland Automatic Network Disk Archiver) before tag-community-3.5.4… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2016-08769 An issue was discovered in Amanda 3.3.1. CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.8
- TI-2016-08770 An issue was discovered in Amanda 3.3.1. CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.8
- TI-2022-17534 A privilege escalation flaw was found in Amanda 3.5.1 in which the backup user can… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.7
Sources
- CVE-2022-37704 · CVE Program
- CVE-2022-37704 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-2699-8r69-fq67 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2022-37704 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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