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CVE-2022-44020

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-44020 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting OpenStack Sushy-Tools (through 0.21.0) and VirtualBMC (through 2.2.2). It allows an authenticated local attacker to remove password protection from a managed libvirt XML domain by changing the boot device configuration. This issue has a CVSS score of 5.5 and is rated as low complexity with high integrity impact, but only affects an "unsupported, production-like configuration." There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 0.21.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:opendev:sushy-tools:*:*:*:*:*:openstack:*:*
< 3.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:opendev:virtualbmc:*:*:*:*:*:openstack:*:*
35CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
36CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
37CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.22%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
12.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0022 is in the 56th percentile among its peer group of 15,938 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 (4)

pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: sushy-toolsFixed in: 0.21.1
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: virtualbmcFixed in: 3.0.0
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13.0 - ELSFixed in: python-virtualbmc-0:1.2.0-2.el7ost
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13.0 (Queens) for RHEL 7.6 EUSFixed in: python-virtualbmc-0:1.2.0-2.el7ost
View patch

Vendor Advisories (2)

pipGHSA-5pj3-6fqm-8m7mmedium

OpenStack Sushy-Tools and VirtualBMC Improper Preservation of Permissions

Oct 30, 2022
redhatCVE-2022-44020Moderate

VirtualBMC: removes password protection from the managed libvirt XML domain

Oct 26, 2022

References

lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GAD7QJIUWPCKJIGYP7PPHH5DILOEONFE
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KEQVJF3OQGSDCSQTQQSC54JEGLMSNB4Q
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QMSUGS4B6EBRHBJMTRXL5RIKJTZTEMJC
review.opendev.org / c/openstack/sushy-tools/+/862625
PatchVendor Advisory
review.opendev.org / c/openstack/virtualbmc/+/862620
PatchVendor Advisory
storyboard.openstack.org