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CVE-2022-27818

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-27818 is a critical vulnerability in waycrate swhkd version 1.1.5, stemming from its unsafe use of the /tmp/swhkd.sock pathname. This flaw allows for potential information leakage or denial of service. With a CVSS score of 9.1, it can be exploited remotely with low complexity and without user interaction, leading to high confidentiality and availability impacts. Despite its severity, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant 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

9.1CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.2
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.74%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
75.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0174 is in the 63rd percentile among its peer group of 36,897 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
rustpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: Simple-Wayland-HotKey-DaemonFixed in: 1.2.0

Vendor Advisories (1)

rustGHSA-r3r5-jhw6-4634critical

Insecure temporary file usage in SWHKD

Apr 8, 2022

References

github.com / waycrate/swhkd/commit/f70b99dd575fab79d8a942111a6980431f006818
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / waycrate/swhkd/releases
Release Notes
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2022/04/14/1
PatchThird Party Advisory