CVE-2022-40126
A misconfiguration in the Service Mode profile directory of Clash for Windows v0.19.9 allows...
A misconfiguration in the Service Mode profile directory of Clash for Windows v0.19.9 allows attackers to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary commands when Service Mode is activated.
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
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
A misconfiguration in the Service Mode profile directory of Clash for Windows v0.19.9 allows attackers to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary commands when Service Mode is activated.
- Record
CVE-2022-40126- 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-552
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List
A misconfiguration in the Service Mode profile directory of Clash for Windows v0.19.9 allows attackers to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary commands when Service Mode is activated.
- Record
CVE-2022-40126- 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-552
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-43445
A misconfiguration in the Service Mode profile directory of Clash for Windows v0.19.9 allows attackers to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary commands when Service Mode is activated.
- Record
EUVD-2022-43445- 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 - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-8gc3-xq83-phww
A misconfiguration in the Service Mode profile directory of Clash for Windows v0.19.9 allows...
A misconfiguration in the Service Mode profile directory of Clash for Windows v0.19.9 allows attackers to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary commands when Service Mode is activated.
- Record
GHSA-8gc3-xq83-phww- 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-552
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| PoC in GitHub | LovelyWei/CVE-2022-40126 | 2022-09-29 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, PoC in GitHub |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2022-40126 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Clash Project Clash, published September 29, 2022. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.32%, the 24th percentile. No source names a fixed version.