CVE-2022-23935 [High] | Command Injection in Exiftool

CVE-2022-23935 is rated High Exploit Risk (79.9/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 27.70%, 96th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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#	Date	Old EPSS score	New EPSS score	Delta (New - Old)
1	2026-03-13	27.75%	27.70%	-0.05%
2	2025-11-21	19.48%	27.75%	+8.27%
3	2025-11-18	—	19.48%	—

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2026-03-13

27.75%

27.70%

-0.05%

2025-11-21

19.48%

27.75%

+8.27%

2025-11-18

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19.48%

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Base score	Version	Severity	Vector	Exploitability	Impact	Score source
7.8	3.1	HIGH	`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H` Click to expand Attack vector (AV:L) They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by. Attack complexity (AC:L) Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup. Privileges required (PR:N) No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough. User interaction (UI:R) A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land. Scope (S:U) Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems. Confidentiality (C:H) Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way. Integrity (I:H) They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt. Availability (A:H) Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.	1.8	5.9	[email protected]
7.6	2.0	HIGH	`AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C` Click to expand Access vector (AV:N) Can be exploited remotely over network reachability. Access complexity (AC:H) Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions. Authentication (AU:N) No authentication is required. Confidentiality impact (C:C) Complete confidentiality impact. Integrity impact (I:C) Complete integrity impact. Availability impact (A:C) Complete availability impact.	4.9	10.0	[email protected]

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Impact

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7.8

3.1

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand

Attack vector (AV:L): They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L): Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N): No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R): A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U): Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H): Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H): They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H): Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.

1.8

5.9

[email protected]

7.6

2.0

HIGH

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand

Access vector (AV:N): Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:H): Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
Authentication (AU:N): No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C): Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C): Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C): Complete availability impact.

4.9

10.0

[email protected]

OS Trackers for CVE-2022-23935

vendor	priority	summary	link
`alpine`	high	CVE-2022-23935: 1 source package rows (perl-image-exiftool); 7 state rows across 7 repos (3.17-community, 3.18-community, 3.19-community, 3.20-community, 3.21-community, 3.22-community, edge-community); fixed 7, open 0.	https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2022-23935
`debian`	not yet assigned	CVE-2022-23935 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (libimage-exiftool-perl), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 4, open 1.	https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-23935
`gentoo`	normal	CVE-2022-23935: 1 GLSA(s) (202407-27), 1 atom(s) (media-libs/exiftool); latest impact normal.	https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2022-23935
`ubuntu`	medium	CVE-2022-23935 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (libimage-exiftool-perl), 14 status rows across 14 suites (bionic, focal, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): not-affected 7, ignored 2, needed 2, needs-triage 2, released 1.	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-23935

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-23935

Vendor	Product	Version	Raw CPE
exiftool_project	exiftool	< 12.38	cpe:2.3:a:exiftool_project:exiftool::::::::

References for CVE-2022-23935

URL	Tags
https://gist.github.com/ert-plus/1414276e4cb5d56dd431c2f0429e4429	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/exiftool/exiftool/commit/74dbab1d2766d6422bb05b033ac6634bf8d1f582	Patch Third Party Advisory

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CVE-2022-23935

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2022-23935

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-23935

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-23935

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-23935

OS Trackers for CVE-2022-23935

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-23935

References for CVE-2022-23935