CVE-2022-45929 — Northern.tech Mender 3.3.x before 3.3.2, 3.5.x before 3.5.0, and 3.6.x before 3.6.0 has Incorrect Access Control and allows users to change their roles and could allow privilege escalation from a low-privileged read-only user to a high-privileged user

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HIGH

Northern.tech Mender 3.3.x before 3.3.2, 3.5.x before 3.5.0, and 3.6.x before 3.6.0 has Incorrect Access Control and allows users to change their roles and could allow privilege escalation from a low-privileged read-only user to a high-privileged user

Published Jun 20, 2024

8.8

HIGH

CVSS 3.1

EPSS 0.38%

Description

Northern.tech Mender 3.3.x before 3.3.2, 3.5.x before 3.5.0, and 3.6.x before 3.6.0 has Incorrect Access Control and allows users to change their roles and could allow privilege escalation from a low-privileged read-only user to a high-privileged user.

Affected products

Vendor Northern.tech Product Mender Default
n/a
- Version
  3.3.x
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  <3.3.2
- Version
  3.5.x
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  <3.5.0
- Version
  3.6.x
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  <3.6.0

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor

Product

Default status

Versions

Northern.tech

Mender

n/a

Version	Status	Constraints
3.3.x	affected	<3.3.2
3.5.x	affected	<3.5.0
3.6.x	affected	<3.6.0

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.38% 0.00384

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00384

Score over time

2024–2026

EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (5 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 3, 2026	0.38% (0.00384)	30.10th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.38% (0.00384)	29.95th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.10% (0.00105)	26.18th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.04% (0.00043)	10.81th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 21, 2024	0.04% (0.00043)	9.04th	v3 (v2023.03.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-284

References (2)

Link	Providers	Tags
https://mender.io/blog/cve-2022-45929-cve-2022-41324-improper-access-control-for-low-privileged-users
https://northern.tech

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Jun 20, 2024

Updated Aug 3, 2024

Reserved Nov 27, 2022

Link CVE-2022-45929

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated Jun 26, 2024

NVD

Status Deferred

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2022-45929

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2022-45929