Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-24803

CriticalPublic PoCRCE

Published: 01 April 2022

Published
01 April 2022
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 10.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0106 78.0th percentile
Risk Priority 21 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-24803 is a critical-severity OS Command Injection (CWE-78) vulnerability in Asciidoctor-Include-Ext Project Asciidoctor-Include-Ext. Its CVSS base score is 10.0 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked in the top 22.0% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Asciidoctor-include-ext is Asciidoctor’s standard include processor reimplemented as an extension. Versions prior to 0.4.0, when used to render user-supplied input in AsciiDoc markup, may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary system commands on the host operating system. This attack is…

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possible even when `allow-uri-read` is disabled! The problem has been patched in the referenced commits.

CWE(s)
CWE-78

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

asciidoctor-include-ext project
asciidoctor-include-ext
≤ 0.4.0

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

SC-27 Platform-independent Applications
addresses: CWE-78

Platform-independent apps typically execute inside a managed runtime or sandbox that restricts direct OS command execution, reducing the ability to exploit OS command injection.

SI-10 Information Input Validation
addresses: CWE-78

Validates inputs to block special elements that would alter OS command execution.

References