Quick answers
- Is CVE-2022-42496 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2022-42496 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2022-42496?
- Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 5 December 2022.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- nadesiko3 (npm) SEMVER:introduced=0,fixed=3.3.75.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2022-42496?
- Yes. nadesiko3 (npm): upgrade to 3.3.75 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
- How is CVE-2022-42496 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network.
- Am I affected by CVE-2022-42496?
- Check whether you run nadesiko3 (npm) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
How to fix
- nadesiko3 (npm): upgrade to 3.3.75 or later
npm install nadesiko3@3.3.75
Technical details
The vulnerability is a command injection flaw (CWE-78) in the Nako3edit editor component of nadesiko3 PC version v3.3.74 and earlier, specifically in the compression and decompression functionality. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability without authentication to execute arbitrary OS commands and extract the application key. The attack vector is network-based with no preconditions or user interaction required. The vulnerability was fixed in version 3.3.75 and later.
Affected products
- nadesiko nadesiko3 3.3.74 and earlier
Identifiers
- CVE-2022-42496
- GHSA-7249-8x22-4rg4
Timeline
- 2022-12-05: disclosed
- 2022-12-05: patched: Fixed in version 3.3.75