CVE-2022-29550
mediumpriority · track · 22EPSS 0.004 · 34 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
An issue was discovered in Qualys Cloud Agent 4.8.0-49. It writes "ps auxwwe" output to the /var/log/qualys/qualys-cloud-agent-scan.log file. This may, for example, unexpectedly write credentials (from environment variables) to disk in cleartext. NOTE: there are no common circumstances in which qualys-cloud-agent-scan.log can be read by a user other than root; however, the file contents could be exposed through site-specific operational practices. The vendor does NOT characterize this as a vulnerability because the ps data collection is intentional, and would only capture credentials on a machine that was already affected by the CWE-214 weakness
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references (13)
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- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Sep/10cnnvd
- https://blog.qualys.com/product-tech/2022/08/15/qualys-security-updates-cloud-agent-for-linuxcnnvd
- https://blog.qualys.com/vulnerabilities-threat-researchcnnvd
- https://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2022090037cnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/168367/Qualys-Cloud-Agent-Arbitrary-Code-Execution.htmlcnnvd
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/168367/Qualys-Cloud-Agent-Arbitrary-Code-Execution.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Sep/10enisa_euvd
- https://blog.qualys.com/product-tech/2022/08/15/qualys-security-updates-cloud-agent-for-linuxenisa_euvd
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