Security advisory

{
  "id": "abdeca85f035442c730384266af22f174408a3fa16ed3dd809c2e637733260fd",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-23220",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2022-23220",
    "summary": "USBView 2.1 before 2.2 allows some local users (e.g., ones logged in via SSH) to execute arbitrary code as root because certain Polkit settings (e.g., allow_any=yes) for pkexec disable the authentication requirement. Code execution can, for example, use the --gtk-module option. This affects Ubuntu, Debian, and Gentoo.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2022-23220",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "unknown",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2022-23220",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2022-23220"
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/gregkh/usbview",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "e4a0a804b388058b844c8d1e06c24b1254c49a71"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "38e9dc56a437721f7a8b0ec1d2b4e611e090c87d"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "bf374fa4e5b9a756789dfd88efa93806a395463b"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "2.1"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "2.2"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "DESCRIPTION"
                  },
                  {
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "fixed": "bf374fa4e5b9a756789dfd88efa93806a395463b"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "v2.1"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2022-23220.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:36.898746970Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/21/1",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/23xxx/CVE-2022-23220.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-23220",
        "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-15",
        "https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5052",
        "https://github.com/gregkh/usbview/commit/bf374fa4e5b9a756789dfd88efa93806a395463b"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "cna_assigner": "mitre",
        "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/23xxx/CVE-2022-23220.json"
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2022-23220",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": null
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 504180,
  "published_at": "2022-01-21T00:00:00+00:00"
}