CVE-2022-46640
Published: 18 April 2023
Summary
CVE-2022-46640 is a critical-severity Command Injection (CWE-77) vulnerability in Nanoleaf Nanoleaf Desktop. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).
Operationally, ranked in the top 5.4% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
Nanoleaf Desktop App versions prior to 1.3.1 contain a command injection vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-46640 and assigned CWE-77. The flaw is reachable over the network through a crafted HTTP request and carries a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.8, reflecting no required authentication or user interaction and full impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
An unauthenticated attacker can send a malicious HTTP request to the affected application and execute arbitrary operating-system commands, resulting in complete compromise of the host running the desktop client. The attack requires only network connectivity to the application and succeeds against any installation that has not been updated past the vulnerable release.
The published references point to the vendor site and a technical write-up that identify the affected versions; mitigation therefore consists of upgrading Nanoleaf Desktop App to version 1.3.1 or later. The associated EPSS score has remained flat at 0.1472 with no material increase after disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-49444
Vulnerability details
Nanoleaf Desktop App before v1.3.1 was discovered to contain a command injection vulnerability which is exploited via a crafted HTTP request.
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Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.