CVE-2022-26530 is a critical vulnerability affecting swaylock before version 1.6, which is part of the swaywm Wayland compositor. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to remotely trigger a crash, leading to unauthorized access to the Wayland session. With a CVSS score of 9.1, it presents a high risk of confidentiality and availability impact due to its network-based attack vector and low attack complexity. Despite its severity, there is currently no public exploit code available, nor is it listed on the CISA KEV catalog, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:swaywm:swaylock:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
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