Security advisory

{
  "id": "2f16cca1a17b8cef3afaf3c5e68df5e17333a620761138bc63f7177151b98c42",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-45639",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2022-45639",
    "summary": "OS Command injection vulnerability in sleuthkit fls tool 4.11.1 allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted value to the m parameter. NOTE: third parties have disputed this because there is no analysis showing that the backtick command executes outside the context of the user account that entered the command line.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2022-45639",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2022-45639",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2022-45639"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/sleuthkit/sleuthkit",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "16f14f39bc1c22da823e1fa53ca451da808244f5"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "16f14f39bc1c22da823e1fa53ca451da808244f5"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:sleuthkit:the_sleuth_kit:4.11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "4.11.1"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "4.11.1"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "4.11.1",
            "sleuthkit-4.11.1"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2022-45639.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:28.303597810Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://www.binaryworld.it/guidepoc.asp#CVE-2022-45639",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/45xxx/CVE-2022-45639.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-45639"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "isDisputed": true,
        "cna_assigner": "mitre",
        "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/45xxx/CVE-2022-45639.json"
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2022-45639",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 495009,
  "published_at": "2023-01-24T00:00:00+00:00"
}