CVE-2022-4968 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

netplan leaks the private key of wireguard to local users. Versions after 1.0 are not affected.

Published: 2024-06-07

Score: 6.5 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Canonical Ltd.

Netplan

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	≤ 1.0

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:canonical:netplan:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-53922	netplan leaks the private key of wireguard to local users. Versions after 1.0 are not affected.
Ubuntu USN	USN-6851-1	Netplan vulnerabilities

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00365.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://bugs.launchpad.net/netplan/+bug/1987842
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/netplan.io/+bug/2065738
https://github.com/canonical/netplan/commit/4c39b75b5c6ae7d976bda6da68da60d9a7f085ee
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-4968

History

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.0006}`	epss `{'score': 0.00269}`

Wed, 30 Oct 2024 14:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Canonical Canonical netplan
Weaknesses		NVD-CWE-Other
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:canonical:netplan::::::::
Vendors & Products		Canonical Canonical netplan

Subscriptions

Canonical Netplan

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: canonical

Published: 2024-06-07T00:14:22.528Z

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:55:46.232Z

Reserved: 2024-05-23T21:59:38.511Z

Link: CVE-2022-4968

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:55:46.232Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-06-07T01:15:49.463

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:36:21.080

Link: CVE-2022-4968

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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