CVE-2022-35928

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-35928 is a buffer overrun vulnerability in AES Crypt for Linux, specifically version 3.11 built from GitHub source, due to unchecked password lengths during command-line prompts. This local vulnerability has a medium severity (CVSS 5.5) with low attack complexity, potentially leading to high confidentiality impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog. Users are advised to upgrade to version 3.16 or use the -p or -k options to provide passwords.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:aescrypt:aes_crypt:3.11:*:*:*:*:linux:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.4HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.5
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.16%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
5.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0016 is in the 33rd percentile among its peer group of 15,937 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 (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

github.com / paulej/AESCrypt/commit/68761851b595e96c68c3f46bfc21167e72c6a22c
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / paulej/AESCrypt/security/advisories/GHSA-r7fv-72pg-fwrq
PatchThird Party Advisory