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FKIE_CVE-2022-41950

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2022-11-22 18:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 05:04
Severity
6.4 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
super-xray is the GUI alternative for vulnerability scanning tool xray. In 0.2-beta, a privilege escalation vulnerability was discovered. This caused inaccurate default xray permissions. Note: this vulnerability only affects Linux and Mac OS systems. Users should upgrade to super-xray 0.3-beta.
References
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/4ra1n/super-xray/releases/tag/0.3-betaRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/4ra1n/super-xray/security/advisories/GHSA-2g28-xrw6-fq5fExploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/4ra1n/super-xray/releases/tag/0.3-betaRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/4ra1n/super-xray/security/advisories/GHSA-2g28-xrw6-fq5fExploit, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
super_xray_project super_xray 0.2
apple macos -
linux linux_kernel -
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