CVE-2022-29588 describes a vulnerability in Konica Minolta bizhub MFP devices released before April 14, 2022, where administrative passwords are stored in cleartext within the /var/log/nginx/html/ADMINPASS and /etc/shadow files. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), indicating a network-exploitable flaw with low attack complexity that could lead to complete confidentiality compromise without requiring user interaction. While there is no evidence of active exploitation (not in KEV or Hot List) and no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), it has garnered some community discussion and media attention, suggesting awareness among security researchers.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2022-04-14CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:konicaminolta:bizhub_226i_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 2022-04-14CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:konicaminolta:bizhub_227_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 2022-04-14CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:konicaminolta:bizhub_246i_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 2022-04-14CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:konicaminolta:bizhub_287_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 2022-04-14CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:konicaminolta:bizhub_306i_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.