CVE-2022-48506

A flawed pseudorandom number generator in Dominion Voting Systems ImageCast Precinct (ICP and ICP2) and ImageCast Evolution (ICE) scanners allows anyone to determine the order in which ballots were cast from public ballot-level data, allowing deanonymization of voted ballots, in several types of scenarios. This issue was observed for use of the following versions of Democracy Suite: 5.2, 5.4-NM, 5.5, 5.5-A, 5.5-B, 5.5-C, 5.5-D, 5.7-A, 5.10, 5.10A, 5.15. NOTE: the Democracy Suite 5.17 EAC Certificate of Conformance mentions "Improved pseudo random number algorithm," which may be relevant.

Published: 2023-06-19 Last update: 2025-01-02 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2022-48506 is rated Low Risk (16.6/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.05%). Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-48506

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 2024-07-21 0.04% 0.05% +0.01%
2 2023-06-20 — 0.04% —

Full EPSS history (2 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-48506

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.4 3.1 LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:P)
Hands-on access—USB, keyboard, opening the case—not something you do purely over the wire.
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:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 0.9 1.4 [email protected]
2.4 3.1 LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:P)
Hands-on access—USB, keyboard, opening the case—not something you do purely over the wire.
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:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 0.9 1.4 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-48506

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-48506

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
dominionvoting democracy_suite 5.2 cpe:2.3:h:dominionvoting:democracy_suite:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dominionvoting democracy_suite 5.4-nm cpe:2.3:h:dominionvoting:democracy_suite:5.4-nm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dominionvoting democracy_suite 5.5 cpe:2.3:h:dominionvoting:democracy_suite:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dominionvoting democracy_suite 5.5-a cpe:2.3:h:dominionvoting:democracy_suite:5.5-a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dominionvoting democracy_suite 5.5-b cpe:2.3:h:dominionvoting:democracy_suite:5.5-b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dominionvoting democracy_suite 5.5-c cpe:2.3:h:dominionvoting:democracy_suite:5.5-c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dominionvoting democracy_suite 5.5-d cpe:2.3:h:dominionvoting:democracy_suite:5.5-d:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dominionvoting democracy_suite 5.7-a cpe:2.3:h:dominionvoting:democracy_suite:5.7-a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dominionvoting democracy_suite 5.10 cpe:2.3:h:dominionvoting:democracy_suite:5.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dominionvoting democracy_suite 5.10a cpe:2.3:h:dominionvoting:democracy_suite:5.10a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dominionvoting democracy_suite 5.15 cpe:2.3:h:dominionvoting:democracy_suite:5.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2022-48506

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