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Full vulnerability report · 2022
CVE-2022-26488High confidence

The installer may allow a local attacker to add user-writable directories to the system search path

n/a · n/a

7.0HighCVSS 3.1
Recommended action
Within 7 days

High technical severity; prioritise exposed affected systems while verifying vendor guidance.

Patch available
Direct vendor intelligence

Authoritative vendor CSAF and VEX advisories

Structured product status and remediation from the issuing vendor. Product-state explanations are always visible; large lists can be searched or downloaded.

1 current
SSA-398330 · CSAF 2.0 · revision 18 · interimSiemens ProductCERTSSA-398330: Vulnerabilities in the additional GNU/Linux subsystem of the SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518(F)-4 PN/DP MFP >= V3.1.0 and < V3.1.5
5 known affected

The vendor explicitly identifies these products as affected by this CVE.

  • SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP (6ES7518-4AX00-1AB0)
  • SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP (6ES7518-4AX00-1AC0)
  • SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP (6ES7518-4FX00-1AB0)
  • SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP (6ES7518-4FX00-1AC0)
  • SIPLUS S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP (6AG1518-4AX00-4AC0)
Summary
In Python before 3.10.3 on Windows, local users can gain privileges because the search path is inadequately secured. The installer may allow a local attacker to add user-writable directories to the system search path. To exploit, an administrator must have installed Python for all users and enabled PATH entries. A non-administrative user can trigger a repair that incorrectly adds user-writable paths into PATH, enabling search-path hijacking of other users and system services. This affects Python (CPython) through 3.7.12, 3.8.x through 3.8.12, 3.9.x through 3.9.10, and 3.10.x through 3.10.2.
Remediation
Update to V3.1.5 or later version
Optional official sources

National CERT insights
?CERT means Computer Emergency Response Team; CSIRT is the closely related term Computer Security Incident Response Team.

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Official European source

ENISA European Vulnerability Database

Official EUVD identifiers, advisory evidence and known-exploited context. Missing fields are not treated as evidence of low risk.

1 current
ENISA EUVD identifier

EUVD-2022-31046

No EUVD known-exploited evidence

ENISA has published the identifier mapping but no EUVD description has been stored yet.

EUVD state
Present in the current official mapping
Known exploitation
Not present in the current ENISA EUVD known-exploited dataset. This is not proof of no exploitation.
ENISA score
Not supplied in the stored EUVD record
Advisory evidence
No linked advisory details stored yet
Recommended actionWithin 7 days

High technical severity; prioritise exposed affected systems while verifying vendor guidance.

Patch available
01

What, why and how

In Python before 3.10.3 on Windows, local users can gain privileges because the search path is inadequately secured. The installer may allow a local attacker to add user-writable directories to the system search path. To exploit, an administrator must have installed Python for all users and enabled PATH entries. A non-administrative user can trigger a repair that incorrectly adds user-writable paths into PATH, enabling search-path hijacking of other users and system services. This affects Python (CPython) through 3.7.12, 3.8.x through 3.8.12, 3.9.x through 3.9.10, and 3.10.x through 3.10.2.

What

In Python before 3.10.3 on Windows, local users can gain privileges because the search path is inadequately secured. The installer may allow a local attacker to add user-writable directories to the system search path. To exploit, an administrator must have installed Python for all users and enabled PATH entries. A non-administrative user can trigger a repair that incorrectly adds user-writable paths into PATH, enabling search-path hijacking of other users and system services. This affects Python (CPython) through 3.7.12, 3.8.x through 3.8.12, 3.9.x through 3.9.10, and 3.10.x through 3.10.2.

Why

The product searches for critical resources using an externally-supplied search path that can point to resources that are not under the product's direct control.

How

An attacker operating through local access may attempt exploitation with low privileges. If successful, the issue may cause the confidentiality, integrity or availability impact described by the vendor.

What

In Python before 3.10.3 on Windows, local users can gain privileges because the search path is inadequately secured. The installer may allow a local attacker to add user-writable directories to the system search path. To exploit, an administrator must have installed Python for all users and enabled PATH entries. A non-administrative user can trigger a repair that incorrectly adds user-writable paths into PATH, enabling search-path hijacking of other users and system services. This affects Python (CPython) through 3.7.12, 3.8.x through 3.8.12, 3.9.x through 3.9.10, and 3.10.x through 3.10.2.

Why

The product searches for critical resources using an externally-supplied search path that can point to resources that are not under the product's direct control.

How

An attacker operating through local access may attempt exploitation with low privileges. If successful, the issue may cause the confidentiality, integrity or availability impact described by the vendor.

02

Exploit reality and attack path

CVSS severity, EPSS forecast probability, public exploit material and CISA-confirmed exploitation are separate signals.

Observed exploitation
?Confirmed exploitation and public exploit material are separate signals. Attacks can occur without public proof-of-concept or exploit code.
No confirmed evidence

No CISA KEV match was present at the last successful refresh. This means no confirmation from that source, not proof of no exploitation.

Public PoC / exploit material
?Confirmed exploitation and public exploit material are separate signals. Attacks can occur without public proof-of-concept or exploit code.
None recorded

No exploit-tagged reference or CISA SSVC proof-of-concept state is currently recorded. Research may still exist outside the structured feeds.

Likely attack path
local access → Untrusted Search Path → cause the confidentiality, integrity or availability impact described by the vendor
Attack surface
Local
Privileges required
Low: a basic authenticated account is required
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
High: exploitation depends on specific conditions
Security boundary
Unchanged: impact remains within the vulnerable component's security authority
Weakness
?CWE means Common Weakness Enumeration: a standard category for the underlying weakness.
CWE-426 ↗

CWE-426: Untrusted Search Path. The product searches for critical resources using an externally-supplied search path that can point to resources that are not under the product's direct control.

CVSS vector
?CVSS means Common Vulnerability Scoring System. The vector records the metric values used to calculate technical severity.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Common Vulnerability Scoring System 3.1: the compact vector below is decoded into plain language.

AVLocalAttack vector: The attacker needs local access to the vulnerable system.ACHighAttack complexity: Successful exploitation depends on specific conditions outside the attacker's direct control.PRLowPrivileges required: The attacker needs basic user-level privileges.UINoneUser interaction: No action by another user is required.SUnchangedScope: The security impact remains within the vulnerable component's authority.CHighConfidentiality impact: A successful attack can cause a major loss.IHighIntegrity impact: A successful attack can cause a major loss.AHighAvailability impact: A successful attack can cause a major loss.
Post-exploitation / living off the land
The issue can support a local privilege or sandbox boundary transition; normal system utilities may then be available in the gained context.
CWE-426
A

Official authority intelligence

Only matched European and national findings are included. Language selectors and unavailable sources are omitted.

CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2026-AVI-0218Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware

ERecord?id=CVE-2022-23218 Référence CVE CVE-2022-23219 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-23219 Référence CVE CVE-2022-23308 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-23308 Référence CVE CVE-2022-23990 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-23990 Référence CVE CVE-2022-2519 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-2519 Référence CVE CVE-2022-2520 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-2520 Référence CVE CVE-2022-2521 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-2521 Référence CVE CVE-2022-25236 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-25236 Référence CVE CVE-2022-26280 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-26280 Référence CVE CVE-2022-26488 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-26488 Référence CVE CVE-2022-27774 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-27774 Référence CVE CVE-2022-27775 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-27775 Référence CVE CVE-2022-27776 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-27776 Référence CVE CVE-2022-27781 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-27781 Référence CVE CVE-2022-27782 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-27782 Référence CVE CVE-2022-28321 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-28321 Référence CVE CVE-2022-28391 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-28391 Référence CVE CVE-2022-28805 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=

Official advisory
CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2025-AVI-0969Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware

VERecord?id=CVE-2022-2519 Référence CVE CVE-2022-2520 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-2520 Référence CVE CVE-2022-2521 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-2521 Référence CVE CVE-2022-25308 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-25308 Référence CVE CVE-2022-25309 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-25309 Référence CVE CVE-2022-25310 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-25310 Référence CVE CVE-2022-25858 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-25858 Référence CVE CVE-2022-2598 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-2598 Référence CVE CVE-2022-26280 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-26280 Référence CVE CVE-2022-26488 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-26488 Référence CVE CVE-2022-2719 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-2719 Référence CVE CVE-2022-27664 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-27664 Référence CVE CVE-2022-27774 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-27774 Référence CVE CVE-2022-27775 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-27775 Référence CVE CVE-2022-27776 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-27776 Référence CVE CVE-2022-27780 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-27780 Référence CVE CVE-2022-27781 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-27781 Référence CVE CVE-2022-27782 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CV

Official advisory
CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2024-AVI-0380Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits NetApp

De multiples vulnérabilités ont été découvertes dans les produits NetApp . Elles permettent à un attaquant de provoquer un déni de service à distance et une atteinte à la confidentialité des données et une atteinte à l'intégrité des données.

Official advisory
CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2023-AVI-1015Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits Siemens

ord?id=CVE-2022-23852 Référence CVE CVE-2022-23990 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-23990 Référence CVE CVE-2022-24407 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-24407 Référence CVE CVE-2022-2509 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-2509 Référence CVE CVE-2022-25235 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-25235 Référence CVE CVE-2022-25236 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-25236 Référence CVE CVE-2022-25313 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-25313 Référence CVE CVE-2022-25314 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-25314 Référence CVE CVE-2022-25315 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-25315 Référence CVE CVE-2022-26488 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-26488 Référence CVE CVE-2022-27774 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-27774 Référence CVE CVE-2022-27775 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-27775 Référence CVE CVE-2022-27776 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-27776 Référence CVE CVE-2022-27778 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-27778 Référence CVE CVE-2022-27779 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-27779 Référence CVE CVE-2022-27780 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-27780 Référence CVE CVE-2022-27781 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-27781 Référence CVE CVE-2022-27782 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=

Official advisory
CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2022-AVI-928Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBM

Record?id=CVE-2021-4160 Référence CVE CVE-2021-4189 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-4189 Référence CVE CVE-2021-43138 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-43138 Référence CVE CVE-2021-44906 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-44906 Référence CVE CVE-2021-44907 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-44907 Référence CVE CVE-2022-0391 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-0391 Référence CVE CVE-2022-22965 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-22965 Référence CVE CVE-2022-24758 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-24758 Référence CVE CVE-2022-25647 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-25647 Référence CVE CVE-2022-26488 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-26488 Référence CVE CVE-2022-34339 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-34339 Gestion détaillée du document le 19 octobre 2022 Version initiale Alertes Avis Bulletins d’actualités Mentions légales Conditions générales À propos Contact cyber.gouv.fr service-public.fr legifrance.gouv.fr info.gouv.fr france.fr info.gouv.fr/risques Premier Ministre / Secrétariat Général de la Défense et de la Sécurité Nationale / Agence nationale de la sécurité des systèmes d'information

Official advisory
CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2022-AVI-767Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBM

d?id=CVE-2022-23852 Référence CVE CVE-2022-24302 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-24302 Référence CVE CVE-2022-24407 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-24407 Référence CVE CVE-2022-24771 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-24771 Référence CVE CVE-2022-24772 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-24772 Référence CVE CVE-2022-24773 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-24773 Référence CVE CVE-2022-25235 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-25235 Référence CVE CVE-2022-25236 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-25236 Référence CVE CVE-2022-25315 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-25315 Référence CVE CVE-2022-26488 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-26488 Gestion détaillée du document le 24 août 2022 Version initiale Alertes Avis Bulletins d’actualités Mentions légales Conditions générales À propos Contact cyber.gouv.fr service-public.fr legifrance.gouv.fr info.gouv.fr france.fr info.gouv.fr/risques Premier Ministre / Secrétariat Général de la Défense et de la Sécurité Nationale / Agence nationale de la sécurité des systèmes d'information

Official advisory
NCSC-NL · Dutch · NCSC-2025-0041Kwetsbaarheden verholpen in F5 BIG-IP

Een kwaadwillende kan de kwetsbaarheden misbruiken om aanvallen uit te voeren die kunnen leiden tot de volgende categorieën schade: - Denial-of-Service (DoS) - Omzeilen van een beveiligingsmaatregel - Uitvoer van willekeurige code (Root/admin) - Uitvoer van willekeurige code (Gebruiker) - Toegang tot gevoelige gegevens

Official advisory
03

Patch and workaround

Operational remediation based on structured source evidence.

Status
?Patch availability is based on structured fixed-version fields and authoritative update references. If no fix is verified, check the vendor advisory before making a change.
Patch available
Affected
SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP (6ES7518-4AX00-1AB0); SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP (6ES7518-4AX00-1AC0); SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP (6ES7518-4FX00-1AB0); SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP (6ES7518-4FX00-1AC0); SIPLUS S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP (6AG1518-4AX00-4AC0)
Fixed
No fixed version is explicitly recorded in the structured CVE data.
Action
Update to V3.1.5 or later version
Workaround
No verified workaround is recorded. Limit untrusted access and use least privilege until authoritative guidance is available.
04

Evidence and provenance

Published 7 Mar 2022 · Last source change 3 Aug 2024, 05:03 UTC · CWE-426 · Untrusted Search Path

CVE recordCVE.org · 5.1
CVSS sourceNIST NVD
EPSS source
?The date BlackTree first stored a score for this CVE from the daily FIRST EPSS feed.
FIRST · tracked since 2026-08-14
European sourceENISA EUVD · EUVD-2022-31046
Product sourceVendor CSAF · Siemens ProductCERT
Remediation sourceVendor CSAF · Siemens ProductCERT
CWE sourceNIST NVD
NVD statusNVD modified after enrichment

Core structured fields are present and their contributing authorities are shown above.

Material change intelligence

What changed after publication

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No material field changes have been recorded since change tracking began. Routine source refreshes and cosmetic edits are intentionally excluded.

Material fields only · duplicate refreshes suppressed · history retained for the configured operational retention period
CVE published
ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2022-31046↗Vendor CSAF · Siemens ProductCERT↗CVE authority or vendor reference↗Official CVE record (CNA and ADP data)↗NVD record↗
Technical terms and abbreviations used in this report
CVE
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures: the public identifier for one disclosed vulnerability.
CVSS
Common Vulnerability Scoring System: a technical severity framework; it is not patching priority by itself.
EPSS
Exploit Prediction Scoring System: FIRST's estimate of the probability that exploitation activity will be observed in the next 30 days; it is a forecast, not confirmation.
CWE
Common Weakness Enumeration: the standard category describing the underlying software or hardware weakness.
CNA
CVE Numbering Authority: an organisation authorised to assign and publish CVE records.
CISA ADP
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Authorized Data Publisher: structured enrichment added to a CVE record.
NVD
National Vulnerability Database: NIST's enrichment service for CVE records.
CERT / CSIRT
A computer security incident response team that publishes warnings or coordinates incident response.
PoC
Proof of concept: public material that demonstrates or helps reproduce exploitation.
CSAF
Common Security Advisory Framework: a machine-readable format for security advisories.
LoTL
Living off the land: abuse of legitimate tools or system functions during an attack.
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