CVE-2022-32965
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 · uneditedOMICARD EDM has a hard-coded machine key. An unauthenticated remote attacker can use the machine key to send serialized payload to the server to execute arbitrary code, manipulate system data and disrupt service.
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 · high confidenceOMICARD EDM contains a hard-coded machine key that can be exploited by unauthenticated remote attackers. The attacker can craft malicious serialized payloads using this key and send them to the server to achieve remote code execution, manipulate data, or cause denial of service.
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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>= 5.8, <= 6.0CVSS 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
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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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Identify OMICARD EDM installed versionCheck the application binaries, DLL properties, or installer information to determine if the installed version falls within 5.8 to 6.0 inclusiveAffected if Installed version is >= 5.8 and <= 6.0
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Locate the application configuration fileFind the web.config or app.config file in the application's root directory or bin folder - these files contain ASP.NET runtime configuration settingsAffected if Configuration file exists and is accessible for inspection
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Search for machineKey elementOpen the configuration file and search for the <machineKey> element within the <system.web> sectionAffected if A <machineKey> element is present in the configuration
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Inspect the validationKey and decryptionKey attributesExamine the validationKey and decryptionKey values - check if they contain static hard-coded strings rather than values retrieved from a secure key store or environment variableAffected if The keys contain fixed/static string values instead of dynamically generated or external key references
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Verify if application deserialization is exposedDetermine if the application accepts serialized data from unauthenticated users through HTTP endpoints, APIs, or web services that process serialized objectsAffected if The application processes deserialized data from unauthenticated network sources
The environment is affected if OMICARD EDM version 5.8-6.0 is running and a hard-coded static machineKey is present in the configuration file, especially if the application accepts unauthenticated serialized input.
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 dataReplace the hard-coded machine key with a cryptographically strong, dynamically generated key, rotate any potentially exposed keys, and implement proper input validation/deserialization controls to prevent object injection attacks.
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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-2022-32965 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.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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