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CVE-2022-29256

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-29256 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting the sharp Node.js image processing library prior to version 0.30.5. It allows for arbitrary command injection during npm install if an attacker can manipulate the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable in the build environment. The CVSS score is 6.7, indicating high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, but requires high privileges and local access. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 0.30.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sharp_project:sharp:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
0.6
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.37%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
29.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0037 is in the 78th percentile among its peer group of 3,720 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: sharpFixed in: 0.30.5

Vendor Advisories (1)

npmGHSA-gp95-ppv5-3jc5medium

sharp vulnerable to Command Injection in post-installation over build environment

Jun 1, 2022

References

github.com / lovell/sharp/commit/a6aeef612be50f5868a77481848b1de674216f0c
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / lovell/sharp/security/advisories/GHSA-gp95-ppv5-3jc5
PatchThird Party Advisory