CVE-2022-42268

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2023-01-13 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-74

Description

Omniverse Kit contains a vulnerability in the reference applications Create, Audio2Face, Isaac Sim, View, Code, and Machinima. These applications allow executable Python code to be embedded in Universal Scene Description (USD) files to customize all aspects of a scene. If a user opens a USD file that contains embedded Python code in one of these applications, the embedded Python code automatically runs with the privileges of the user who opened the file. As a result, an unprivileged remote attacker could craft a USD file containing malicious Python code and persuade a local user to open the file, which may lead to information disclosure, data tampering, and denial of service.

Affected products

NVIDIA Isaac Sim: before 2022.2.0 — fixed in 2022.2.0
NVIDIA Omniverse Audio2Face: before 2022.2 — fixed in 2022.2
NVIDIA Omniverse Code: before 2022.3.0 — fixed in 2022.3.0
NVIDIA Omniverse Create: before 2022.3 — fixed in 2022.3
NVIDIA Omniverse Machinima: before 2022.3 — fixed in 2022.3
NVIDIA Omniverse View: before 2022.2.1 — fixed in 2022.2.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: NVIDIA Isaac Sim 2022.2.0; NVIDIA Omniverse Audio2Face 2022.2; NVIDIA Omniverse Code 2022.3.0; NVIDIA Omniverse Create 2022.3; NVIDIA Omniverse Machinima 2022.3; NVIDIA Omniverse View 2022.2.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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