CVE-2022-41324
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 · uneditedNorthern.tech Mender 3.3.x before 3.3.2 and 3.4.x before 3.4.0 has Incorrect Access Control and allows low-privileged users default read access to some sensitive device information.
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 confidenceMender 3.3.x before 3.3.2 and 3.4.x before 3.4.0 contains an incorrect access control vulnerability where low-privileged users can default read access to sensitive device information that should be restricted to higher-privilege users.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
CVSS 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
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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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Determine installed Mender versionAccess the Mender UI dashboard or run 'mender --version' on the server CLI to identify the exact version numberAffected if Version shows 3.3.x before 3.3.2 or 3.4.x before 3.4.0 (such as 3.3.0, 3.3.1, 3.4.0a, 3.4.0b)
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Confirm server component versionCheck the mender-server service version via the API endpoint /api/management/v1/info or inspect the container image tags if running containersAffected if Server version matches the vulnerable ranges above
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Identify user role assignmentsReview the Users page in Mender UI under the Administration tab to see which users are assigned to low-privilege roles versus admin or reviewer rolesAffected if Low-privilege users exist in the system who could potentially access restricted data
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Verify access to sensitive device endpointsUsing a low-privilege user account, attempt to access device inventory details such as the device details API endpoint /api/management/v1/devices/{device_id} or the device listing with sensitive attributesAffected if A low-privilege user can view sensitive device information (like device identity attributes, keys, or inventory data) that should require higher privileges
Your environment is affected if the Mender server version is 3.3.x before 3.3.2 or 3.4.x before 3.4.0 AND low-privilege users have access to sensitive device data they should not see.
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.
dbcve · scopedUpgrade Mender to version 3.3.2 or 3.4.0 or later to patch the access control vulnerability and restrict low-privileged user access to sensitive device data.
Mender Server 3.3.2 or 3.4.0
- Upgrade Mender Server from version 3.3.x to 3.3.2 or later
- Alternatively, upgrade from version 3.4.x to 3.4.0 or later
- After upgrade, verify that low-privileged users no longer have default read access to sensitive device information
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
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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.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2022-41324 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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