Goldshell ASIC Miners v2.2.1 and below was discovered to contain a path traversal vulnerability which allows unauthenticated attackers to retrieve arbitrary files from the device.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2022-24659 is rated High Exploit Risk (75.4/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.57%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2025-07-22 | 1.85% | 2.57% | +0.73% |
| 2 | 2025-07-21 | 0.56% | 1.85% | +1.28% |
| 3 | 2025-05-16 | — | 0.56% | — |
Full EPSS history (10 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 | 3.1 | HIGH |
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3.9 | 3.6 | [email protected] |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| goldshell | goldshell_miner_firmware | <= 2.2.1 | cpe:2.3:o:goldshell:goldshell_miner_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/goldshellminer/firmware | Third Party Advisory |
| https://jamesachambers.com/cryptocurrency-asic-miners-security-and-hacking-audit/ | Exploit Mitigation Third Party Advisory |