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CVE-2022-42268

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-42268 is a critical vulnerability affecting NVIDIA Omniverse Kit reference applications, including Create, Audio2Face, Isaac Sim, View, Code, and Machinima. This flaw allows malicious Python code embedded within Universal Scene Description (USD) files to execute automatically when opened by a user. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), the vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) but can lead to significant impacts such as information disclosure, data tampering, and denial of service, as an unprivileged remote attacker could craft a malicious USD file. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2022.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:nvidia_isaac_sim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 2022.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:omniverse_audio2face:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 2022.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:omniverse_code:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 2022.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:omniverse_create:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 2022.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:omniverse_machinima:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.57%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
43.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0057 is in the 43rd percentile among its peer group of 11,616 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 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

nvidia.custhelp.com / app/answers/detail/a_id/5418
Vendor Advisory