CVSS—
Severityhigh
Weakness—
EPSS94.9%99.9th percentile
Exploited3 KEV sources
Ransomware useKnown
Federal fix dueJul 18, 2022
patch window
Called exploited 130 days after disclosure.
Measured from the CVE publication date to the earliest of 3 KEV catalogues that list it.
The life of this vulnerability
- CVE published
- First KEV listing4mo
- Last KEV listing20d
- Last sighting4.1y
Gaps are compressed to equal steps. The elapsed time is printed under each.
Which catalogues call it exploited
- CISA KEVUS federallisted Jun 27, 2022
- EUVDENISA, European Unionlisted Jun 27, 2022
- VulnCheck KEVcommercial researchlisted Jun 7, 2022
- CIRCLaggregator, mirrors the abovelisted Jun 27, 2022, not counted
Sources3 of 3
Listings differ by20 d
Strongest claimconfirmed
3 catalogues list it. CIRCL aggregates the others and is shown but not counted.
Public exploitation evidence
- reported exploitationwww.acronis.com/en/tru/posts/patchcord-new-malware-cluster-t
- reported exploitationwww.recordedfuture.com/blog/july-2026-cve-landscape
- reported exploitationhunt.io/blog/thailand-ministry-finance-targeted-with-hermes-
- reported exploitationwww.cloudsek.com/blog/operation-escaneo-mexican-government-f
- reported exploitationhunt.io/blog/pcpjack-230-cloud-servers-smtp-proxy-network-sl
- reported exploitationsecurelist.com/global-report-security-services-2026/119233/
46 public reports collected from VulnCheck and CIRCL, first on Jun 7, 2022. Each links to its original source. We have not verified them.
Description
The Red Hat polkit pkexec utility contains an out-of-bounds read and write vulnerability that allows for privilege escalation with administrative rights.
Required action (CISA)
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