🛡️ CVE-2022-3700 — hardware-scan-addin

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity high, availability low.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L

• Attack vector: Local — a local account, shell or session on the host is needed.
• Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
• Privileges required: Low — an ordinary user account is enough.
• User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
• Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
• Confidentiality impact: None.
• Integrity impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
• Availability impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.

Weakness class

CVE-2022-3700 is classified as CWE-367: Time-of-check Time-of-use Race Condition. The state checked and the state acted upon can differ, because it may change between the two steps.

Affected software

CVE-2022-3700 is recorded against 3 packages.

• hardware-scan-addin (fixed in 2.4.1.1)
• hardware-scan-plugin (fixed in 1.3.1.2)
• system-update-plugin (fixed in 2.0.0.213)

Timeline and source

Published on 27 October 2023 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

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Other advisories for this package

hardware-scan-addin has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

• CVE-2022-3702 (6.1 Medium, published 27 Oct 2023)
• CVE-2022-3701 (7.8 High, published 27 Oct 2023)

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-367: Time-of-check Time-of-use Race Condition) in other software:

• CVE-2022-23563 (8.0 High, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-23826 (published 15 May 2026)
• CVE-2022-26522 (7.8 High, published 8 May 2026)
• CVE-2022-27540 (7.8 High, published 28 Jun 2024)
• CVE-2022-23181 (8.0 High, published 6 Mar 2024)
• CVE-2022-23084 (7.5 High, published 15 Feb 2024)
• CVE-2022-24351 (4.7 Medium, published 16 Dec 2023)
• CVE-2022-31636 (7.8 High, published 13 Jun 2023)

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