CVE-2022-36633

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 50.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2022-08-24 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-78

Description

Teleport 9.3.6 is vulnerable to Command injection leading to Remote Code Execution. An attacker can craft a malicious ssh agent installation link by URL encoding a bash escape with carriage return line feed. This url encoded payload can be used in place of a token and sent to a user in a social engineering attack. This is fully unauthenticated attack utilizing the trusted teleport server to deliver the payload.

Affected products

Goteleport Teleport: before 10.1.2 — fixed in 10.1.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Goteleport Teleport 10.1.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/168477/Teleport-10.1.1-Remote-Code-Execution.html
https://github.com/gravitational/teleport
https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/168137/Teleport-9.3.6-Command-Injection.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/168477/Teleport-10.1.1-Remote-Code-Execution.html
https://github.com/gravitational/teleport
https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/168137/Teleport-9.3.6-Command-Injection.html

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