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CVE-2022-23220

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2022-01-21 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-306

Description

USBView 2.1 before 2.2 allows some local users (e.g., ones logged in via SSH) to execute arbitrary code as root because certain Polkit settings (e.g., allow_any=yes) for pkexec disable the authentication requirement. Code execution can, for example, use the --gtk-module option. This affects Ubuntu, Debian, and Gentoo.

Affected products

• Usbview Project Usbview: before 2.2 — fixed in 2.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Usbview Project Usbview 2.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/22/1
• https://github.com/gregkh/usbview/commit/bf374fa4e5b9a756789dfd88efa93806a395463b
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-15
• https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5052
• https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/21/1
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/22/1
• https://github.com/gregkh/usbview/commit/bf374fa4e5b9a756789dfd88efa93806a395463b
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-15
• https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5052
• https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/21/1

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