Vulnerability · Published Mar 17, 2022 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2022-26526

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-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 0.3% (higher than 26% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)7.8High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 73.7% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Anaconda Anaconda3 (Anaconda Distribution) through 2021.11.0.0 and Miniconda3 through 4.11.0.0 can create a world-writable directory under %PROGRAMDATA% and place that directory into the system PATH environment variable. Thus, for example, local users can gain privileges by placing a Trojan horse file into that directory. (This problem can only happen in a non-default installation. The person who installs the product must specify that it is being installed for all users. Also, the person who installs the product must specify that the system PATH should be changed.

Affected products (as reported)

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

References

https://docs.conda.io/en/latest/miniconda.html x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/continuumio/anaconda-issues/issues x_refsource_MISC
https://improsec.com/tech-blog/privilege-escalation-vulnerability-in-anaconda3-and-miniconda3 x_refsource_MISC
https://repo.anaconda.com/miniconda/ x_refsource_MISC