Security advisory
Squirrel.Windows is both a toolset and a library that provides installation and update functionality for Windows desktop applications. Installers generated by Squirrel.Windows 2.0.1 and earlier contain an issue with the DLL search path, which may lead to insecurely loading Dynamic Link Libraries. As a result, arbitrary code may be executed with the privilege of the user invoking the installer.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2022-46330
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 3 Nov 2026, 10:53 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Squirrel.Windows is both a toolset and a library that provides installation and update functionality for Windows desktop applications. Installers generated by Squirrel.Windows 2.0.1 and earlier contain an issue with the DLL search path, which may lead to insecurely loading Dynamic Link Libraries. As a result, arbitrary code may be executed with the privilege of the user invoking the installer.
osv:CVE-2022-46330
Complete source record
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"modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:28.024029405Z",
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"references": [
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"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/46xxx/CVE-2022-46330.json",
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"https://github.com/Squirrel/Squirrel.Windows/pull/1807",
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