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CVE-2022-27905

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2022-04-27 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-428

Description

In ControlUp Real-Time Agent before 8.6, an unquoted path can result in privilege escalation. An attacker would require write permissions to the root level of the OS drive (C:\) to exploit this.

Affected products

• Controlup: before 8.6 — fixed in 8.6

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Controlup 8.6. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://www.controlup.com/security/cve-2022-27905/
• https://www.controlup.com/security/cve-2022-27905/

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