CVE-2022-26526 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Anaconda3 and Miniconda3 distributions up to versions 2021.11.0.0 and 4.11.0.0 respectively. This flaw allows a non-default installation to create a world-writable directory under %PROGRAMDATA% and add it to the system PATH, enabling local users to execute malicious code by placing a Trojan horse file within this directory. Rated with a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), the vulnerability requires local access and low privileges, with no user interaction needed for exploitation, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2021.11.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:anaconda:anaconda3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 4.11.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:conda:miniconda3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.