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CVE-2022-27817

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-27817 describes a vulnerability in SWHKD 1.1.5 and waycrate swhkd where the software consumes keyboard events from unintended users, potentially leading to information leakage or, more commonly, a denial of functionality. Rated Medium with a CVSS score of 4.4, this local vulnerability requires low privileges and has a low impact on confidentiality and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.1.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:waycrate:swhkd:1.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

4.4MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
2.5
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.44%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
36.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0044 is in the 90th percentile among its peer group of 15,940 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

rustGHSA-h5wh-7h2j-h999medium

Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere in Simple-Wayland-HotKey-Daemon

Apr 15, 2022

References

github.com / waycrate/swhkd/releases
Release NotesThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2022/04/14/1
ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory