Freedom of the Press SecureDrop gpg-agent.conf symlink
Published Dec 16, 2022
7.8
HIGHCVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.31%
Description
A vulnerability was found in Freedom of the Press SecureDrop. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file gpg-agent.conf. The manipulation leads to symlink following. Local access is required to approach this attack. The name of the patch is b0526a06f8ca713cce74b63e00d3730618d89691. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-215972.
Affected products
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freedom of the Press | SecureDrop | n/a |
|
- < 2.5.1
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v2.0 score for this CVE.
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
CISA SSVC (Vulnrichment)
Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization from CISA ADP.
Exploitation
NoneAutomatable
NoTechnical Impact
TotalDecision
n/aAssessed Apr 14, 2025 · SSVC 2.0.3
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2026 | 0.31% (0.00311) | 21.76th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.30% (0.00297) | 21.13th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.06% (0.00062) | 16.55th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00045) | 16.02th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 11, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00045) | 14.47th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 22, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00045) | 12.46th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.89% (0.00890) | 30.33th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Dec 17, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00890) | 29.56th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (5)
- https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop/commit/b0526a06f8ca713cce74b63e00d3730618d89691 PatchThird Party Advisory
- https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop/compare/2.5.0...2.5.1
- https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop/pull/6704 Third Party Advisory
- https://securedrop.org/news/2_5_1-security-advisory/
- https://vuldb.com/?id.215972 Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop/commit/b0526a06f8ca713cce74b63e00d3730618d89691 | PatchThird Party Advisory | |
| https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop/compare/2.5.0...2.5.1 | ||
| https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop/pull/6704 | Third Party Advisory | |
| https://securedrop.org/news/2_5_1-security-advisory/ | ||
| https://vuldb.com/?id.215972 | Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory |
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