CVE-2022-4515

highpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.006 · 49 %ileDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.61% (49th) EPSS

CVSS 7.8 · high

Is it mine?

45 products

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Who says so?

6 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

A flaw was found in Exuberant Ctags in the way it handles the "-o" option. This option specifies the tag filename. A crafted tag filename specified in the command line or in the configuration file results in arbitrary command execution because the externalSortTags() in sort.c calls the system(3) function in an unsafe way.

remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

A vendor fix is available.

Fixedctags-0:5.8-23.el8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:2863
Fixedctags-0:5.8-23.el8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:2863
Fixedctags-0:5.8-23.el8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:2863
Fixedctags-0:5.8-23.el8.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:2863
Fixedctags-0:5.8-23.el8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:2863
Fixedctags-debuginfo-0:5.8-23.el8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:2863
Fixedctags-debuginfo-0:5.8-23.el8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:2863
Fixedctags-debuginfo-0:5.8-23.el8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:2863
Fixedctags-debuginfo-0:5.8-23.el8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:2863
Fixedctags-debuginfo-0:5.8-23.el8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:2863
Fixedctags-debuginfo-0:5.8-23.el8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:2863
Fixedctags-debuginfo-0:5.8-23.el8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:2863
Fixedctags-debuginfo-0:5.8-23.el8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:2863
Fixedctags-debugsource-0:5.8-23.el8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:2863
Fixedctags-debugsource-0:5.8-23.el8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:2863
Fixedctags-debugsource-0:5.8-23.el8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:2863
Fixedctags-debugsource-0:5.8-23.el8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:2863
Fixedctags-debugsource-0:5.8-23.el8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:2863
Fixedctags-debugsource-0:5.8-23.el8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:2863
Fixedctags-debugsource-0:5.8-23.el8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:2863
Fixedctags-debugsource-0:5.8-23.el8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:2863
Fixedctags-etags-0:5.8-23.el8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:2863
Fixedctags-etags-0:5.8-23.el8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:2863
Fixedctags-etags-0:5.8-23.el8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:2863
Fixedctags-etags-0:5.8-23.el8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:2863
Workaroundctags-0:5.8-23.el8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
The --options=NONE command line option will disable the automatic reading of any configuration file, including the .ctags configuration file from the current directory. However, this option will prevent ctags of reading the specific configuration provided by a project via a version control system repository.
Workaroundctags-0:5.8-23.el8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
The --options=NONE command line option will disable the automatic reading of any configuration file, including the .ctags configuration file from the current directory. However, this option will prevent ctags of reading the specific configuration provided by a project via a version control system repository.
Workaroundctags-0:5.8-23.el8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
The --options=NONE command line option will disable the automatic reading of any configuration file, including the .ctags configuration file from the current directory. However, this option will prevent ctags of reading the specific configuration provided by a project via a version control system repository.
Workaroundctags-0:5.8-23.el8.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
The --options=NONE command line option will disable the automatic reading of any configuration file, including the .ctags configuration file from the current directory. However, this option will prevent ctags of reading the specific configuration provided by a project via a version control system repository.
Workaroundctags-0:5.8-23.el8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
The --options=NONE command line option will disable the automatic reading of any configuration file, including the .ctags configuration file from the current directory. However, this option will prevent ctags of reading the specific configuration provided by a project via a version control system repository.
Workaroundctags-debuginfo-0:5.8-23.el8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
The --options=NONE command line option will disable the automatic reading of any configuration file, including the .ctags configuration file from the current directory. However, this option will prevent ctags of reading the specific configuration provided by a project via a version control system repository.
Workaroundctags-debuginfo-0:5.8-23.el8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8)redhat_csaf
The --options=NONE command line option will disable the automatic reading of any configuration file, including the .ctags configuration file from the current directory. However, this option will prevent ctags of reading the specific configuration provided by a project via a version control system repository.
Workaroundctags-debuginfo-0:5.8-23.el8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
The --options=NONE command line option will disable the automatic reading of any configuration file, including the .ctags configuration file from the current directory. However, this option will prevent ctags of reading the specific configuration provided by a project via a version control system repository.
Workaroundctags-debuginfo-0:5.8-23.el8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8)redhat_csaf
The --options=NONE command line option will disable the automatic reading of any configuration file, including the .ctags configuration file from the current directory. However, this option will prevent ctags of reading the specific configuration provided by a project via a version control system repository.
Workaroundctags-debuginfo-0:5.8-23.el8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
The --options=NONE command line option will disable the automatic reading of any configuration file, including the .ctags configuration file from the current directory. However, this option will prevent ctags of reading the specific configuration provided by a project via a version control system repository.
Workaroundctags-debuginfo-0:5.8-23.el8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8)redhat_csaf
The --options=NONE command line option will disable the automatic reading of any configuration file, including the .ctags configuration file from the current directory. However, this option will prevent ctags of reading the specific configuration provided by a project via a version control system repository.
Workaroundctags-debuginfo-0:5.8-23.el8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
The --options=NONE command line option will disable the automatic reading of any configuration file, including the .ctags configuration file from the current directory. However, this option will prevent ctags of reading the specific configuration provided by a project via a version control system repository.
Workaroundctags-debuginfo-0:5.8-23.el8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8)redhat_csaf
The --options=NONE command line option will disable the automatic reading of any configuration file, including the .ctags configuration file from the current directory. However, this option will prevent ctags of reading the specific configuration provided by a project via a version control system repository.
Workaroundctags-debugsource-0:5.8-23.el8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
The --options=NONE command line option will disable the automatic reading of any configuration file, including the .ctags configuration file from the current directory. However, this option will prevent ctags of reading the specific configuration provided by a project via a version control system repository.
Workaroundctags-debugsource-0:5.8-23.el8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8)redhat_csaf
The --options=NONE command line option will disable the automatic reading of any configuration file, including the .ctags configuration file from the current directory. However, this option will prevent ctags of reading the specific configuration provided by a project via a version control system repository.
Workaroundctags-debugsource-0:5.8-23.el8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
The --options=NONE command line option will disable the automatic reading of any configuration file, including the .ctags configuration file from the current directory. However, this option will prevent ctags of reading the specific configuration provided by a project via a version control system repository.
Workaroundctags-debugsource-0:5.8-23.el8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8)redhat_csaf
The --options=NONE command line option will disable the automatic reading of any configuration file, including the .ctags configuration file from the current directory. However, this option will prevent ctags of reading the specific configuration provided by a project via a version control system repository.
Workaroundctags-debugsource-0:5.8-23.el8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
The --options=NONE command line option will disable the automatic reading of any configuration file, including the .ctags configuration file from the current directory. However, this option will prevent ctags of reading the specific configuration provided by a project via a version control system repository.
Workaroundctags-debugsource-0:5.8-23.el8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8)redhat_csaf
The --options=NONE command line option will disable the automatic reading of any configuration file, including the .ctags configuration file from the current directory. However, this option will prevent ctags of reading the specific configuration provided by a project via a version control system repository.
Workaroundctags-debugsource-0:5.8-23.el8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
The --options=NONE command line option will disable the automatic reading of any configuration file, including the .ctags configuration file from the current directory. However, this option will prevent ctags of reading the specific configuration provided by a project via a version control system repository.
Workaroundctags-debugsource-0:5.8-23.el8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8)redhat_csaf
The --options=NONE command line option will disable the automatic reading of any configuration file, including the .ctags configuration file from the current directory. However, this option will prevent ctags of reading the specific configuration provided by a project via a version control system repository.
Workaroundctags-etags-0:5.8-23.el8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8)redhat_csaf
The --options=NONE command line option will disable the automatic reading of any configuration file, including the .ctags configuration file from the current directory. However, this option will prevent ctags of reading the specific configuration provided by a project via a version control system repository.
Workaroundctags-etags-0:5.8-23.el8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8)redhat_csaf
The --options=NONE command line option will disable the automatic reading of any configuration file, including the .ctags configuration file from the current directory. However, this option will prevent ctags of reading the specific configuration provided by a project via a version control system repository.
Workaroundctags-etags-0:5.8-23.el8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8)redhat_csaf
The --options=NONE command line option will disable the automatic reading of any configuration file, including the .ctags configuration file from the current directory. However, this option will prevent ctags of reading the specific configuration provided by a project via a version control system repository.
Workaroundctags-etags-0:5.8-23.el8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8)redhat_csaf
The --options=NONE command line option will disable the automatic reading of any configuration file, including the .ctags configuration file from the current directory. However, this option will prevent ctags of reading the specific configuration provided by a project via a version control system repository.

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

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

v3.17.8highAV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondaryexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.17.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · Red Hat Product Security US

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Trackcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-78USCWE-78USCWE-78US

affected products (45)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Amazon Linux 2all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:amazon:linux_2:-
Debian Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:-
Oracle Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:oracle:linux:-
RESF Rocky Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:resf:rocky_linux:-
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
SUSE openSUSEall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:suse:opensuse:-
n/a Exuberant Ctags≤ All versions are affectedenisa_euvdEU
Canonical Ltd. Ubuntu≤ 18.04 ESMfstec_bduRU
Canonical Ltd. Ubuntu≤ 22.10fstec_bduRU
Canonical Ltd. Ubuntu≤ 22.04 LTSfstec_bduRU
Canonical Ltd. Ubuntu≤ 16.04 ESMfstec_bduRU
Canonical Ltd. Ubuntu≤ 20.04 LTSfstec_bduRU
Red Hat Inc. Red Hat Enterprise Linux≤ 8fstec_bduRU
АО «НППКТ» ОСОН ОСнова Оnyx≤ 2.7fstec_bduRU
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения Debian GNU/Linux≤ 11fstec_bduRU
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения Debian GNU/Linux≤ 10fstec_bduRU
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения Debian GNU/Linux≤ 12fstec_bduRU
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения Exuberant Ctags≤ 6.0.0fstec_bduRU
debian debian linux= 10.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
exuberant ctags project exuberant ctagsall versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:a:exuberant_ctags_project:exuberant_ctags:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

RHSA-2023:2863Red Hat Security Advisory: ctags security update2023-05-16csaf · redhat_csafUS
An update for ctags is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
WID-SEC-W-2023-1238Red Hat Enterprise Linux: Mehrere Schwachstellen in verschiedenen KomponentenDeutsch2023-05-16csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer oder lokaler Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in verschiedenen Komponenten von Red Hat Enterprise Linux ausnutzen, um die Vertraulichkeit, Integrität und Verfügbarkeit zu gefährden.

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Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu cert_bund nvd redhat_csaf NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2022-12-20modified 2026-06-17

references (12)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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