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TI-2022-20907 Aliases CVE-2022-42917GHSA-x36x-qpcf-qwfj

Time-of-check time-of-use race condition in FRRouting

Priority LOW 30CWE-367Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
High
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 2 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

In FRRouting FRR before 8.5, the service user (usually frr) can escalate its privileges to root by monitoring the configuration directory (/etc/frr) and replacing config files upon creation with, for example, symlinks to change the ownership of arbitrary files. This is a TOCTOU Race Condition caused by a combination of touch and chown.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00116 1st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial FRRouting (FRRouting): 4.5Red Hat: 2 without a fix

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
FRRoutingFRRoutingbefore 4.54.5Patch availableCNA
  • FRRouting VendorFRRouting Affected before 4.5 Fixed in 4.5 Patch available CNA

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA FRRouting (FRRouting) Fixed in 4.5

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Not affected: 3 products
  • Fast Datapath for RHEL 10
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-42917
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-x36x-qpcf-qwfj

References

Other 4

  • TI-2023-20107 FRRouting FRR 7.5.1 through 9.0 and Pica8 PICOS 4.3.3.2 allow a remote attacker to cause… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2023-21958 An issue was discovered in FRRouting FRR 9.0. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2024-29658 An issue was discovered in FRRouting (FRR) through 10.1. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2023-21957 An issue was discovered in FRRouting FRR through 9.0. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
  • TI-2023-19790 bgpd/bgp_flowspec.c in FRRouting (FRR) before 8.4.3 mishandles an nlri length of zero, aka a "flowspec overflow." CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2022-17234 An out-of-bounds read in the BGP daemon of FRRouting FRR before 8.4 may lead to a… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
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