Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Sep 21, 2022· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2022-29799
CVE-2022-29799
Description
A vulnerability was found in networkd-dispatcher. This flaw exists because no functions are sanitized by the OperationalState or the AdministrativeState of networkd-dispatcher. This attack leads to a directory traversal to escape from the “/etc/networkd-dispatcher” base directory.
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Affected products
2- networkd-dispatcher/networkd-dispatcherdescription
Patches
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References
1- www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2022/04/26/microsoft-finds-new-elevation-of-privilege-linux-vulnerability-nimbuspwn/nvdExploitPatchTechnical DescriptionVendor Advisory
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