Is CVE-2022-29799 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2022-29799 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2022-29799?

CVE-2022-29799 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2022-29799?

CVE-2022-29799 has an EPSS score of 11.76% (96th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2022-29799

MEDIUMEPSS 96th pctl

5.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

A vulnerability was found in networkd-dispatcher. This flaw exists because no functions are sanitized by the OperationalState or the AdministrativeState of networkd-dispatcher. This attack leads to a directory traversal to escape from the “/etc/networkd-dispatcher” base directory.

CWE-22Path Traversal

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

11.76%probability of exploitation in 30 days

96thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 96% of all known CVEs.

References

https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2022/04/26/microsoft-finds-new-elevation-of-privilege-linux-vulnerability-nimbuspwn/

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-05-27.