CVE-2022-4991 (GCVE-0-2022-4991)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-01 15:49 – Updated: 2026-06-02 15:47
VLAI
Title
Tychon is vulnerable to privilege escalation due to OPENSSLDIR location
Summary
Tychon includes an OpenSSL component that specifies an OPENSSLDIR variable as a subdirectory that may be controllable by an unprivileged user on Windows. Tychon contains a privileged service that uses this OpenSSL component. A user who can place a specially-crafted openssl.cnf file at an appropriate path may be able to achieve arbitrary code execution with SYSTEM privileges.
Severity
7.4 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Tychon Tychon Affected: * , < 1.7.857.82 (custom)
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