CVE-2022-44020: fedoraproject fedora Improper Preservation of Permissions
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2022-44020 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) Improper Preservation of Permissions vulnerability in fedoraproject fedora. EPSS estimates a 0.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 15.2% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 5.5, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Timeline
- 29-10-2022PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 07-05-2025Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
An issue was discovered in OpenStack Sushy-Tools through 0.21.0 and VirtualBMC through 2.2.2. Changing the boot device configuration with these packages removes password protection from the managed libvirt XML domain. NOTE: this only affects an "unsupported, production-like configuration."
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version- OSV · PypiEcosystem advisory · calculated5.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- OSV · Red hatEcosystem advisory · calculated5.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- NVDNIST5.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS trend
Probability
0.24%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
15%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
Increase +0.01 pp
From 0.23% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Opendev2 products
- sushy-tools< 0.21.1
- virtualbmc< 3.0.0
PyPI2 products
- sushy-tools< 0.21.1
- virtualbmc< 3.0.0
Fedoraproject1 product
- fedoraEOL35 | 36 | 37
Redhat1 product
- python-virtualbmc< 0:1.2.0-2.el7ost
4 vendors · 6 products
References
21 links- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/…Vendor Advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/…Vendor Advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/…Vendor Advisory
- github.com/umago/virtualbmcPACKAGE
Show all 21 references
- pypi.org/project/virtualbmcPACKAGE
- pypi.org/project/sushy-toolsPACKAGE