egg-compile.scm in CHICKEN 5.x before 5.3.1 allows arbitrary OS command execution during…
Priority MEDIUM 52CWE-78Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- 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-78.
Summary
egg-compile.scm in CHICKEN 5.x before 5.3.1 allows arbitrary OS command execution during package installation via escape characters in a .egg file.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.01382 72nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- 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
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-45145
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-xvm4-qw2r-9jf6
References
Other 2
- https://code.call-cc.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=chicken-core.git%3Ba=blobdiff%3Bf=egg-compile.scm%3Bh=9ba4568113350ec75204cba55e43e27925e2d6fe%3Bhp=c1f2ceb0fb470f63c2ba2a1cf9d8d40083c2359f%3Bhb=a08f8f548d772ef410c672ba33a27108d8d434f3%3Bhpb=9c6fb001c25de4390f46ffd7c3c94237f4df92a9
- https://code.call-cc.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=chicken-core.git%3Ba=blobdiff%3Bf=NEWS%3Bh=54888afff09353093453673c407cabfe76a5ce77%3Bhp=a3fd88a892f82c8353267f50509d018bbb1934b9%3Bhb=670478435a982fc4d1f001ea08669f53d35a51cd%3Bhpb=a08f8f548d772ef410c672ba33a27108d8d434f3
More Chicken vulnerabilities
- TI-2014-05188 Buffer overflow in CHICKEN 4.9.0 and 4.9.0.1 may allow remote attackers to execute… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2016-05868 The "process-execute" and "process-spawn" procedures in CHICKEN Scheme used fixed-size… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2012-05089 Chicken before 4.8.0 is susceptible to algorithmic complexity attacks related to hash table collisions. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2013-01796 OS command injection vulnerability in the "qs" procedure from the "utils" module in Chicken before 4.9.0. CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2013-01846 Buffer overflow in chicken CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2014-03061 Buffer overflow in the "read-u8vector!" procedure in the srfi-4 unit in CHICKEN stable… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2022-45145 · CVE Program
- CVE-2022-45145 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-xvm4-qw2r-9jf6 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2022-45145 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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