In Progress OpenEdge before 11.7.14 and 12.x before 12.2.9, certain SUID binaries within the OpenEdge application were susceptible to privilege escalation. If exploited, a local attacker could elevate their privileges and compromise the affected system.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2022-29849 is rated Low Risk (38/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.27%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.
Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.
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 | 2026-06-15 | 0.04% | 0.27% | +0.23% |
| 2 | 2023-03-07 | 1.88% | 0.04% | -1.84% |
| 3 | 2022-05-11 | — | 1.88% | — |
Full EPSS history (4 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.8 | 3.1 | HIGH |
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1.8 | 5.9 | [email protected] |
| 7.2 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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3.9 | 10.0 | [email protected] |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://community.progress.com/s/article/OpenEdge-11-7-14-is-Now-Available | Patch Release Notes Vendor Advisory |
| https://community.progress.com/s/article/OpenEdge-12-2-9-Update-is-available | Patch Vendor Advisory |
| https://community.progress.com/s/article/Remediation-of-Privilege-Escalation-Security-Vulnerability-CVE-2022-29849 | Mitigation Vendor Advisory |
| https://www.progress.com/openedge | Product |