CVE-2022-35890

Exp

An issue was discovered in Inductive Automation Ignition before 7.9.20 and 8.x before 8.1.17. Designer and Vision Client Session IDs are mishandled. An attacker can determine which session IDs were generated in the past and then hijack sessions assigned to these IDs via Randy.

Published: 2022-07-15 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2022-35890 is rated High Exploit Risk (81.2/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.99%). 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.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2022-35890

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-35890

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 2025-07-17 0.56% 0.99% +0.43%
2 2025-07-06 0.69% 0.56% -0.13%
3 2025-04-09 0.69%

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-35890

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.8 3.1 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
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:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
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.
3.9 5.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-35890

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-35890

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
inductiveautomation ignition < 7.9.20 cpe:2.3:a:inductiveautomation:ignition:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
inductiveautomation ignition >= 8.0.1, < 8.1.17 cpe:2.3:a:inductiveautomation:ignition:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2022-35890

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