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CVE-2022-36446

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 95.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2022-07-25 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-116

Description

software/apt-lib.pl in Webmin before 1.997 lacks HTML escaping for a UI command.

Affected products

• Webmin: before 1.997 — fixed in 1.997

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Webmin 1.997. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167894/Webmin-1.996-Remote-Code-Execution.html
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/168049/Webmin-Package-Updates-Command-Injection.html
• https://gist.github.com/emirpolatt/cf19d6c0128fa3e25ebb47e09243919b
• https://github.com/webmin/webmin/commit/13f7bf9621a82d93f1e9dbd838d1e22020221bde
• https://github.com/webmin/webmin/compare/1.996...1.997
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50998
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167894/Webmin-1.996-Remote-Code-Execution.html
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/168049/Webmin-Package-Updates-Command-Injection.html
• https://gist.github.com/emirpolatt/cf19d6c0128fa3e25ebb47e09243919b
• https://github.com/webmin/webmin/commit/13f7bf9621a82d93f1e9dbd838d1e22020221bde
• https://github.com/webmin/webmin/compare/1.996...1.997
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50998

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