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TI-2022-21624 Aliases CVE-2022-43997GHSA-9w89-223r-7hm3

Incorrect access control in Aternity agent in Riverbed Aternity before 12.1.4.27 allows…

Priority HIGH 69CWE-269Published · Updated

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-269.

Summary

Incorrect access control in Aternity agent in Riverbed Aternity before 12.1.4.27 allows for local privilege escalation. There is an insufficiently protected handle to the A180AG.exe SYSTEM process with PROCESS_ALL_ACCESS rights.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00339 27th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 2 exploit referencesTagged 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
Total

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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:aternity:aternity:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 12.1.4.27VulnerableAternity
  • cpe:2.3:a:aternity:aternity:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 12.1.4.27 Vulnerable ·Aternity

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-43997
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9w89-223r-7hm3

References

Exploit 2

  • TI-2016-04380 The web server in Aternity before 9.0.1 does not require authentication for… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2016-04379 Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the web server in Aternity before… CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.1

Sources

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