Cortex XsoarApplication · Paloaltonetworks
CVE-2022-0031
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedA local privilege escalation (PE) vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks Cortex XSOAR engine software running on a Linux operating system allows a local attacker with shell access to the engine to execute programs with elevated privileges.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceA local privilege escalation vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Cortex XSOAR engine on Linux allows a local attacker with shell access to execute programs with elevated (root) privileges.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
Cortex XsoarApplication
= 6.5.0= 6.6.0= 6.8.0CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Verify Cortex XSOAR installationIdentify whether Palo Alto Networks Cortex XSOAR is installed on the Linux system by searching for typical installation directories such as /var/lib/demisto, /opt/demisto, or checking for the existence of the 'demisto' user and related service files in /etc/systemd/system/Affected if Cortex XSOAR is found to be installed on the system
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Determine installed Cortex XSOAR versionRun the command 'demisto --version' or inspect the version file typically located in the installation directory (for example, checking a version.txt or version file within the /opt/demisto or /var/lib/demisto directory)Affected if The version matches 6.5.0, 6.6.0, or 6.8.0 specifically
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Confirm shell access availabilityCheck whether any non-root users have shell access by examining /etc/passwd for login shells (such as /bin/bash, /bin/sh) assigned to users, or verify if the 'demisto' user or other service accounts have interactive shell accessAffected if Shell access is available to any user account on the system
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Check for elevated process ownershipList running processes owned by root using 'ps aux | grep root' and identify any Cortex XSOAR-related processes (such as demisto, engine, or executor services) running with root privilegesAffected if Cortex XSOAR processes are running as root and shell access exists for local users
The environment is affected if Cortex XSOAR versions 6.5.0, 6.6.0, or 6.8.0 are installed on Linux and any user has shell access, allowing potential privilege escalation to root.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataRestrict shell access to trusted users only and apply vendor-provided patches to remediate this privilege escalation vulnerability.
Fix this in Cortex Xsoar
Scoped from the published advisory
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- Implementation8.0 h
- Testing6.0 h
- Review / QA4.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2022-0031 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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