CVE-2022-26479
An issue was discovered in Poly EagleEye Director II before 2.2.2.1. Existence of a certain file ...
An issue was discovered in Poly EagleEye Director II before 2.2.2.1. Existence of a certain file (which can be created via an rsync backdoor) causes all API calls to execute as admin without authentication.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
An issue was discovered in Poly EagleEye Director II before 2.2.2.1. Existence of a certain file (which can be created via an rsync backdoor) causes all API calls to execute as admin without authentication.
- Record
CVE-2022-26479- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-863
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An issue was discovered in Poly EagleEye Director II before 2.2.2.1. Existence of a certain file (which can be created via an rsync backdoor) causes all API calls to execute as admin without authentication.
- Record
CVE-2022-26479- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-31037 No score
An issue was discovered in Poly EagleEye Director II before 2.2.2.1. Existence of a certain file (which can be created via an rsync backdoor) causes all API calls to execute as admin without authentication.
- Record
EUVD-2022-31037- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-3cfw-2rv8-9rx3
An issue was discovered in Poly EagleEye Director II before 2.2.2.1. Existence of a certain file ...
An issue was discovered in Poly EagleEye Director II before 2.2.2.1. Existence of a certain file (which can be created via an rsync backdoor) causes all API calls to execute as admin without authentication.
- Record
GHSA-3cfw-2rv8-9rx3- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-863
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2022-26479 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Poly Eagleeye Director Ii Firmware, published July 17, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.12%, the 81st percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
poly.com/us/en/support/security-center
sec-consult.com/de/vulnerability-lab/advisory/poly-eagleeye-director-ii-kritische-schwachstellen
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-26479
github.com/advisories/GHSA-3cfw-2rv8-9rx3