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CVE-2022-44725

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-44725 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting the OPC Foundation Local Discovery Server (LDS) through version 1.04.403.478. It stems from the use of a hard-coded configuration file path, enabling a low-privileged local user to create a malicious file that the high-privileged LDS then loads. This allows for high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While rated 7.8 HIGH on the CVSS scale, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.04.405.479CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:opcfoundation:local_discovery_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
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
0.17%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
6.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0017 is in the 28th percentile among its peer group of 16,994 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

files.opcfoundation.org / SecurityBulletins/OPC%20Foundation%20Security%20Bulletin%20CVE-2022-44725.pdf
PatchVendor Advisory
opcfoundation.org / developer-tools/samples-and-tools-unified-architecture/local-discovery-server-lds
PatchVendor Advisory