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CVE-2022-44542

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2022-11-01 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-502

Description

lesspipe before 2.06 allows attackers to execute code via Perl Storable (pst) files, because of deserialized object destructor execution via a key/value pair in a hash.

Affected products

• Lesspipe Project Lesspipe: before 2.06 — fixed in 2.06

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Lesspipe Project Lesspipe 2.06. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://bugs.gentoo.org/865631
• https://github.com/wofr06/lesspipe/releases/tag/v2.06
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202211-02
• https://bugs.gentoo.org/865631
• https://github.com/wofr06/lesspipe/releases/tag/v2.06
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202211-02

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