CVE-2022-48253

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Published Jan 11, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 9.8 Critical EPSS 3.6% KEV · Not listed

Description

nhttpd in Nostromo before 2.1 is vulnerable to a path traversal that may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the remote server. The vulnerability occurs when the homedirs option is used.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:nazgul:nostromo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

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Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 3.6% (3.647% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://nazgul.ch/dev/nostromo_cl.txt
https://www.soteritsecurity.com/blog/2023/01/nostromo_from_directory_traversal_to_RCE.html

History

Apr 8, 2025 8:15 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Nazgul Nostromo

Weaknesses

CWE-22

Sources

CVE record Updated: Apr 8, 2025, 7:59 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Jan 11, 2023, 12:00 AM
Updated: Apr 8, 2025, 7:59 PM
Reserved: Jan 11, 2023, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 3, 2024, 3:10 PM

Updated: Aug 3, 2024, 3:10 PM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 5:14 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Jan 11, 2023, 3:15 AM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 5:14 AM

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