CVE-2022-48624

CVE-2022-48624 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting less versions prior to 606, where the close_altfile function in filename.c fails to properly sanitize the LESSCLOSE environment variable. This local vulnerability, with a CVSS score of 7.8, allows an authenticated attacker to achieve high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts through local execution. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.