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CVE-2022-21692 json

Improper Access Control in Onionshare

published 4y ago modified 4mo ago also GHSA-gjj5-998g-v36v , PYSEC-2022-43 , EUVD-2022-0183

cvss
4.3
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.8%
EPSS 0.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 56%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

OnionShare is an open source tool that lets you securely and anonymously share files, host websites, and chat with friends using the Tor network. In affected versions anyone with access to the chat environment can write messages disguised as another chat participant.

Patch / fix

  • pypi onionshare-cli 2.5
  • onionshare onionshare 2.5
  • onionshare Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.5-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2022-21692

  • python-onionshare openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.5-1.1
  • python3-onionshare openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.6-4.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:11983-1openSUSE-SU-2024:13635-1

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2022-21692 updated cvss 4.3

onionshare: message integrity not assured

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
last yr.

Exploit prediction

0.78% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 56% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/onionshare/onionshare/security/advisories/GHSA-gjj5-998g-v36v referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 4.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD 3.1 4.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
GitHub 3.1 4.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
pypi onionshare-cli
>=2.3, <2.5
<2.5
2.5

Affected products

  • onionshare onionshare

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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