CVE record · CVE-2022-2068

The c_rehash script allows command injection

CVSS 9.8 CriticalCriticalEPSS 0.96 · 99th percentile

Critical, because:

  • CVSS score 9.8: 9.0 or more.
  • CVSS score 9.8 (7.0 or more) and EPSS 0.96 (0.1 or more): a high score and a real chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How we decide what’s critical

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: openssl) at 21 Jun 2022, 14:45 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

Affected products, as the CNA wrote them
VendorProductVersions
OpenSSL OpenSSL
  • affected Fixed in OpenSSL 3.0.4 (Affected 3.0.0,3.0.1,3.0.2,3.0.3)
  • affected Fixed in OpenSSL 1.1.1p (Affected 1.1.1-1.1.1o)
  • affected Fixed in OpenSSL 1.0.2zf (Affected 1.0.2-1.0.2ze)
Identifiers
CVE-2022-2068
CNA
openssl
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-78
Published
21 Jun 2022
Updated
4 Nov 2026

Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

Severity and exploitation

ScoreRatingCVSSVectorSource
9.8 Critical 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H ADP (CISA-ADP)
  • CISA KEV Not listed.
  • EPSS 0.96, the 99th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

  1. 21 Jun 2022, 14:45 UTC Confirmed by the CVE List
  2. 21 Jun 2022, 15:15 UTC Confirmed by NVD

Sources

References from the CNA

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.