Arbitrary Command Injection Affecting openssl-devel package, versions <1:3.0.1-41.el9_0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
38.99% (98th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL9-OPENSSLDEVEL-11800984
  • published14 Aug 2025
  • disclosed3 May 2022

Introduced: 3 May 2022

CVE-2022-1292  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-77  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:9 openssl-devel to version 1:3.0.1-41.el9_0 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2022:6224.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream openssl-devel package and not the openssl-devel package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

The c_rehash script does not properly sanitise shell metacharacters to prevent command injection. This script is distributed by some operating systems in a manner where it is automatically executed. On such operating systems, an attacker could execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of the script. Use of the c_rehash script is considered obsolete and should be replaced by the OpenSSL rehash command line tool. Fixed in OpenSSL 3.0.3 (Affected 3.0.0,3.0.1,3.0.2). Fixed in OpenSSL 1.1.1o (Affected 1.1.1-1.1.1n). Fixed in OpenSSL 1.0.2ze (Affected 1.0.2-1.0.2zd).

References

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1