CVE-2022-32969
MetaMask before 10.11.3 might allow an attacker to access a user's secret recovery phrase because...
MetaMask before 10.11.3 might allow an attacker to access a user's secret recovery phrase because an input field is used for a BIP39 mnemonic, and Firefox and Chromium save such fields to disk in order to support the Restore Session feature, aka the Demonic issue.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
5.9
MetaMask before 10.11.3 might allow an attacker to access a user's secret recovery phrase because an input field is used for a BIP39 mnemonic, and Firefox and Chromium save such fields to disk in order to support the Restore Session feature, aka the Demonic issue.
- Record
CVE-2022-32969- CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-281
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
MetaMask before 10.11.3 might allow an attacker to access a user's secret recovery phrase because an input field is used for a BIP39 mnemonic, and Firefox and Chromium save such fields to disk in order to support the Restore Session feature, aka the Demonic issue.
- Record
CVE-2022-32969- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-36035 No score
MetaMask before 10.11.3 might allow an attacker to access a user's secret recovery phrase because an input field is used for a BIP39 mnemonic, and Firefox and Chromium save such fields to disk in order to support the Restore Session feature, aka the Demonic issue.
- Record
EUVD-2022-36035- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-h9g9-j2c8-v8gv
5.9
MetaMask before 10.11.3 might allow an attacker to access a user's secret recovery phrase because...
MetaMask before 10.11.3 might allow an attacker to access a user's secret recovery phrase because an input field is used for a BIP39 mnemonic, and Firefox and Chromium save such fields to disk in order to support the Restore Session feature, aka the Demonic issue.
- Record
GHSA-h9g9-j2c8-v8gv- CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-281
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV No score
MetaMask before 10.11.3 might allow an attacker to access a user's secret recovery phrase because an input field is used for a BIP39 mnemonic, and Firefox and Chromium save such fields to disk in order to support the Restore Session feature, aka the Demonic issue.
- Record
CVE-2022-32969- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
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-2022-32969 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.9) in Metamask, published June 29, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.82%, the 78th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
github.com/MetaMask/metamask-extension/compare/v10.11.2...v10.11.3
halborn.com/disclosures/demonic-vulnerability
halborn.com/halborn-discovers-critical-vulnerability-affecting-crypto-wallet-browser-extensions
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-32969
github.com/advisories/GHSA-h9g9-j2c8-v8gv
github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/32xxx/CVE-2022-32969.json