NVD disclosure day

Published threat advisories for February 16, 2022

CVE advisoryKnown Exploit

CVE-2021-3560

Polkit Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability.

Halo Surface Signal: 1 out of 5 — much less likely to be public-facing.

An unprivileged local user can exploit a flaw in polkit to bypass security checks and gain root privileges. This could impact data integrity, confidentiality, and system availability for affected organizations. The primary business risk involves unauthorized administrative access.

• CISA KEV

CVE advisoryKnown Exploit

CVE-2022-24086

Adobe Commerce Code Execution Vulnerability

Halo Surface Signal: 5 out of 5 — more likely to be public-facing.

Adobe Commerce and Magento Open Source are affected by an input validation flaw in the checkout process, allowing unauthorized code execution. This exposes businesses to data compromise and operational disruption. Attackers can exploit this remotely, posing a significant risk to affected systems.

• CISA KEV

CVE advisoryCRITICAL

CVE-2022-25236

Expat Namespace URI Insertion Vulnerability.

Halo Surface Signal: 3 out of 5 — possibly public-facing.

The Expat XML parsing library contains a vulnerability that permits the insertion of namespace-separator characters into namespace URIs, which could lead to unexpected service behavior if reached. This issue impacts applications that process external, untrusted XML input.

CVE advisoryCRITICAL

CVE-2022-25235

Expat XML Parsing Vulnerability Allows Remote Code Execution.

Halo Surface Signal: 3 out of 5 — possibly public-facing.

Expat, an XML parsing library, has a critical vulnerability due to incomplete encoding validation. This could allow attackers to send malformed data to trigger unintended behavior or data disclosure in applications using the library, such as web servers or remote management systems. The broad use of Expat means this is