High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Dec 16, 2022· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2022-4563
CVE-2022-4563
Description
A vulnerability was found in Freedom of the Press SecureDrop. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file gpg-agent.conf. The manipulation leads to symlink following. Local access is required to approach this attack. The name of the patch is b0526a06f8ca713cce74b63e00d3730618d89691. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-215972.
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Affected products
2- Freedom of the Press/SecureDropv5Range: n/a
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
5- github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop/commit/b0526a06f8ca713cce74b63e00d3730618d89691nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop/pull/6704nvdThird Party Advisory
- vuldb.comnvdPermissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
- github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop/compare/2.5.0...2.5.1nvd
- securedrop.org/news/2_5_1-security-advisory/nvd
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