CVE-2022-39245
Mist vulnerable to user providing a Sudo binary for authentication checks
Mist is the command-line interface for the makedeb Package Repository. Prior to version 0.9.5, a user-provided sudo binary via the PATH variable can allow a local user to run arbitrary commands on the user's system with root permissions. Versions 0.9.5 and later contain a patch. No known workarounds exist.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- 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
CVE List Score used
Mist vulnerable to user providing a Sudo binary for authentication checks
Mist is the command-line interface for the makedeb Package Repository. Prior to version 0.9.5, a user-provided sudo binary via the PATH variable can allow a local user to run arbitrary commands on the user's system with root permissions. Versions 0.9.5 and later contain a patch. No known workarounds exist.
- Record
CVE-2022-39245- CVSS 3.1
- 8.4 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-305, CWE-287
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-41765
Mist is the command-line interface for the makedeb Package Repository. Prior to version 0.9.5, a user-provided sudo binary via the PATH variable can allow a local user to run arbitrary commands on the user's system with root permissions. Versions 0.9.5 and later contain a patch. No known workarounds exist.
- Record
EUVD-2022-41765- CVSS 3.1
- 8.4 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Mist is the command-line interface for the makedeb Package Repository. Prior to version 0.9.5, a user-provided sudo binary via the PATH variable can allow a local user to run arbitrary commands on the user's system with root permissions. Versions 0.9.5 and later contain a patch. No known workarounds exist.
- Record
CVE-2022-39245- CVSS 3.1
- 8.4 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-287, CWE-305, CWE-426
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Mist vulnerable to user providing a Sudo binary for authentication checks
Mist is the command-line interface for the makedeb Package Repository. Prior to version 0.9.5, a user-provided sudo binary via the PATH variable can allow a local user to run arbitrary commands on the user's system with root permissions. Versions 0.9.5 and later contain a patch. No known workarounds exist.
- Record
CVE-2022-39245- CVSS 3.1
- 8.4 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-287, CWE-305
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2022-39245 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.4) in Makedeb Mist, published September 26, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.24%, the 14th percentile. No source names a fixed version.