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CVE-2022-36450

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-36450 is a critical remote code execution vulnerability affecting Obsidian versions 0.14.x and 0.15.x before 0.15.5, stemming from improper URL validation in the obsidian://hook-get-address scheme. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code remotely with low attack complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit code or active exploitation has been observed, and community discussion is minimal, its high severity warrants immediate patching.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 0.14.0, < 0.15.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:obsidian:obsidian:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.0HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.1
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
19.59%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1959 is in the 94th percentile among its peer group of 36,862 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

forum.obsidian.md / t/possible-remote-code-execution-through-obsidian-uri-scheme/39743
ExploitVendor Advisory
chtsecurity.com / news/f2a1ad21-3442-495f-8b6e-f0fe433d6caa
Third Party Advisory