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Vulnerability · Published Dec 10, 2022 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2022-45145

Critical 9.8

In plain English

A critical-severity OS command injection in the chicken package (Alpine). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.4% (higher than 72% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)9.8Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)1.4%top 27.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

egg-compile.scm in CHICKEN 5.x before 5.3.1 allows arbitrary OS command execution during package installation via escape characters in a .egg file.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine:v3.20chicken5.3.0-r3ALPINE-CVE-2022-45145
Alpine:v3.21chicken5.3.0-r3ALPINE-CVE-2022-45145
Alpine:v3.22chicken5.3.0-r3ALPINE-CVE-2022-45145
Alpine:v3.23chicken5.3.0-r3ALPINE-CVE-2022-45145
Alpine:v3.24chicken5.3.0-r3ALPINE-CVE-2022-45145
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSchickenno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-45145
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSchickenno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-45145
Ubuntu:25.10chickenno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-45145
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSchickenno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-45145
Ubuntu:26.10chickenno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-45145

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a n/a n/a

Weakness: CWE-78 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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