CVE-2022-28223
Tekon KIO devices through 2022-03-30 allow an authenticated admin user to escalate privileges to...
Tekon KIO devices through 2022-03-30 allow an authenticated admin user to escalate privileges to root by uploading a malicious Lua plugin.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Tekon KIO devices through 2022-03-30 allow an authenticated admin user to escalate privileges to root by uploading a malicious Lua plugin.
- Record
CVE-2022-28223- CVSS 3.1
- 9.1 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:N/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:H/S:C/UI:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-32676
Tekon KIO devices through 2022-03-30 allow an authenticated admin user to escalate privileges to root by uploading a malicious Lua plugin.
- Record
EUVD-2022-32676- CVSS 3.1
- 9.1 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:N/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:H/S:C/UI:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-r37g-6h2f-84v4
Tekon KIO devices through 2022-03-30 allow an authenticated admin user to escalate privileges to...
Tekon KIO devices through 2022-03-30 allow an authenticated admin user to escalate privileges to root by uploading a malicious Lua plugin.
- Record
GHSA-r37g-6h2f-84v4- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-434
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Tekon KIO devices through 2022-03-30 allow an authenticated admin user to escalate privileges to root by uploading a malicious Lua plugin.
- Record
CVE-2022-28223- CVSS 3.1
- 9.1 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 9.0 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-434
- 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-2022-28223 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.1) in Tekon Kio-1m Firmware, published March 30, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.09%, the 65th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
medium.com/%40bertinjoseb/post-auth-rce-based-in-malicious-lua-plugin-script-upload-scada-controllers-located-in-russia-57044425ac38
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-28223
github.com/advisories/GHSA-r37g-6h2f-84v4