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CVE-2022-48258

In Eternal Terminal 6.2.1, etserver and etclient have world-readable logfiles.

5.3 Medium

In Eternal Terminal 6.2.1, etserver and etclient have world-readable logfiles.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None

Exploit likelihood

1.10%Up 0.2 points since Jan 13, 2023
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 5.3

In Eternal Terminal 6.2.1, etserver and etclient have world-readable logfiles.

Record
CVE-2022-48258
CVSS 3.1
5.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-200
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List 5.3

In Eternal Terminal 6.2.1, etserver and etclient have world-readable logfiles.

Record
CVE-2022-48258
CVSS 3.1
5.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-200
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-50967 5.3

In Eternal Terminal 6.2.1, etserver and etclient have world-readable logfiles.

Record
EUVD-2022-50967
CVSS 3.1
5.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-445m-q5mj-2gj6 5.3

In Eternal Terminal 6.2.1, etserver and etclient have world-readable logfiles.

In Eternal Terminal 6.2.1, etserver and etclient have world-readable logfiles.

Record
GHSA-445m-q5mj-2gj6
CVSS 3.1
5.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-200
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 5.3

In Eternal Terminal 6.2.1, etserver and etclient have world-readable logfiles.

Record
CVE-2022-48258
CVSS 3.1
5.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2023:0041-1 No score

Security update for EternalTerminal

This update for EternalTerminal fixes the following issues:

EternalTerminal was updated to 6.2.4:

  • CVE-2022-48257, CVE-2022-48258 remedied
  • fix readme regarding port forwarding #522
  • Fix test failures that started appearing in CI #526
  • Add documentation for the EternalTerminal protocol #523
  • ssh-et: apply upstream updates #527
  • docs: write gpg key to trusted.gpg.d for APT #530
  • Support for ipv6 addresses (with or without port specified) #536
  • ipv6 abbreviated address support #539
  • Fix launchd plist config to remove daemonization. #540
  • Explicitly set verbosity from cxxopts value. #542
  • Remove daemon flag in systemd config #549
  • Format all source with clang-format. #552
  • Fix tunnel parsing exception handling. #550
  • Fix SIGTERM behavior that causes systemd control of etserver to timeout. #554
  • Parse telemetry ini config as boolean and make telemetry opt-in. #553
  • Logfile open mode and permission plus location configurability. #556
  • boo#1207123 (CVE-2022-48257) Fix predictable logfile names in /tmp

  • boo#1207124 (CVE-2022-48258) Fix etserver and etclient have world-readable logfiles

  • Note: Upstream released 6.2.2 with fixes then 6.2.4 and later removed 6.2.2 and redid 6.2.4

Record
openSUSE-SU-2023:0041-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:12630-1 No score

EternalTerminal-6.2.4-1.1 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the EternalTerminal-6.2.4-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:12630-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
EternalTerminal
SUSE:Package Hub 15 SP4
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 6.2.4-bp154.2.6.1
6.2.4-bp154.2.6.1
EternalTerminal
openSUSE:Leap 15.4
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 6.2.4-bp154.2.6.1
6.2.4-bp154.2.6.1
EternalTerminal
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 6.2.4-1.1
6.2.4-1.1

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, facts
first indexedCVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2022-48258 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) in Eternal Terminal Project Terminal, published January 13, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.10%, the 65th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

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