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TI-2022-17534 Aliases CVE-2022-37705GHSA-f6f6-98vp-w8mf

A privilege escalation flaw was found in Amanda 3.5.1 in which the backup user can…

Priority LOW 34CWE-88Published · 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 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-88.

Summary

A privilege escalation flaw was found in Amanda 3.5.1 in which the backup user can acquire root privileges. The vulnerable component is the runtar SUID program, which is a wrapper to run /usr/bin/tar with specific arguments that are controllable by the attacker. This program mishandles the arguments passed to tar binary (it expects that the argument name and value are separated with a space; however, separating them with an equals sign is also supported),

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.01257 69th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
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

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:zmanda:amanda:3.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.5.1VulnerableZmanda
  • cpe:2.3:a:zmanda:amanda:3.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.5.1 Vulnerable ·Zmanda

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-37705
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-f6f6-98vp-w8mf

References

Exploit 1

Patch 3

Advisory 3

Other 5

  • 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-2022-17533 Amanda 3.5.1 allows privilege escalation from the regular user backup to root. CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.7

Sources

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