Vulnerability · Published Apr 7, 2022 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2022-27818

Critical 9.1

In plain English

A critical-severity security flaw in the affected software. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.8% (higher than 79% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)9.1Critical

Exploit odds (30 days)1.8%top 21.3% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

SWHKD 1.1.5 unsafely uses the /tmp/swhkd.sock pathname. There can be an information leak or denial of service.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

https://github.com/waycrate/swhkd/releases x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/waycrate/swhkd/commit/f70b99dd575fab79d8a942111a6980431f006818 x_refsource_MISC
[oss-security] 20220414 Multiple vulnerabilities in swhkd hotkey helper for Wayland mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST