CVE-2022-23909

highpriority · track · 41EPSS 0.010 · 64 %ileexploit · PoCEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

2 exploits · PoC

Likely / severe?

1.04% (64th) EPSS

CVSS 7.2 · high

Is it mine?

2 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

3 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

There is an unquoted service path in Sherpa Connector Service (SherpaConnectorService.exe) 2020.2.20328.2050. This might allow a local user to escalate privileges by creating a "C:\Program Files\Sherpa Software\Sherpa.exe" file.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.07.2highAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 10

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.17.4highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Psecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-428USprimary

exploits (2)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

EDB-50852Sherpa Connector Service v2020.2.20328.2050 - Unquoted Service PathPoC · exploit_db
netsectuna/CVE-2022-23909Unquoted Service Path privilege escalation vulnerability in Sherpa Connector Service. PoC · poc_in_github

affected products (2)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
gimmal sherpa connector service= 2020.2.20328.2050nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gimmal:sherpa_connector_service:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2022-04-05modified 2026-06-17

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references (8)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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