CVE-2022-27814
Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere in Simple-Wayland-HotKey-Daemon
SWHKD 1.1.5 allows arbitrary file-existence tests via the -c option.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
SWHKD 1.1.5 allows arbitrary file-existence tests via the -c option.
- Record
CVE-2022-27814- CVSS 3.1
- 3.3 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 Low
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-203
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
SWHKD 1.1.5 allows arbitrary file-existence tests via the -c option.
- Record
CVE-2022-27814- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-1863 No score
SWHKD 1.1.5 allows arbitrary file-existence tests via the -c option.
- Record
EUVD-2022-1863- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-x446-3xhq-5xfp
Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere in Simple-Wayland-HotKey-Daemon
SWHKD 1.1.5 allows arbitrary file-existence tests via the -c option.
- Record
GHSA-x446-3xhq-5xfp- CVSS 3.1
- 3.3 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-668
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-x446-3xhq-5xfp
Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere in Simple-Wayland-HotKey-Daemon
SWHKD 1.1.5 allows arbitrary file-existence tests via the -c option.
- Record
GHSA-x446-3xhq-5xfp- CVSS 3.1
- 3.3 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-668
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV No score
SWHKD 1.1.5 allows arbitrary file-existence tests via the -c option.
- Record
CVE-2022-27814- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
Simple-Wayland-HotKey-Daemoncrates.io |
before 1.2.0 | 1.2.0 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2022-27814 is a low vulnerability (CVSS 3.3) in Waycrate Swhkd, published April 14, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.45%, the 39th percentile. Fixed in Simple-Wayland-HotKey-Daemon 1.2.0.
References
github.com/waycrate/swhkd/releases
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/04/14/1
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-27814