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Improper Privilege Management

CVE-2022-29526

Medium
5.3/10

Summary

The packages golang.org/x/sys and github.com/golang/sys versions prior to v0.0.0-20220412211240-33da011f77ad has Incorrect Privilege Assignment. When called with a non-zero flags parameter, the "Faccessat" function could incorrectly report that a file is accessible.

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  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
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  • LOW
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CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management

An effective privilege management infrastructure provides valid users with required access and privileges across heterogeneous technology environments. An application with a faulty privilege management infrastructure allows higher than authorized privileges or enables privilege escalation. This can lead to security incidents such as system infiltration, data breach, and complete system takeover.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published