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CVE-2022-22704

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-22704 is a critical privilege escalation vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) affecting the zabbix-agent2 package before version 5.4.9-r1 on Alpine Linux, stemming from an incorrect expectation regarding systemd configuration. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to achieve root privileges with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is currently no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 5.4.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:zabbix:zabbix-agent2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.4.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:zabbix:zabbix-agent2:5.4.9:-:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.33%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
68.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0133 is in the 55th percentile among its peer group of 36,897 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

gitlab.alpinelinux.org / alpine/aports/-/issues/13368
ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory