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CVE-2022-3287

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-3287 describes a vulnerability in fwupd where an auto-generated password for an OPERATOR user account on the BMC was improperly saved to /etc/fwupd/redfish.conf, allowing any local user to read it. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) has a network attack vector and low attack complexity, potentially leading to a high impact on confidentiality. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.8.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:fwupd:fwupd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.62%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
46.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0062 is in the 56th percentile among its peer group of 21,951 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (5)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: fwupd-0:1.7.8-2.el8
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update SupportFixed in: fwupd-0:1.7.4-3.el8_6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update SupportFixed in: fwupd-0:1.7.8-2.el8_8
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: fwupd-0:1.8.10-2.el9
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2022-3287Moderate

fwupd: world readable password in /etc/fwupd/redfish.conf

Sep 22, 2022

References

github.com / fwupd/fwupd/commit/ea676855f2119e36d433fbd2ed604039f53b2091
PatchThird Party Advisory