CVE-2022-41032 — NuGet.Commands
HIGHCVE-2022-41032 is a high-severity (CVSS 7.8) Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in NuGet.Commands. A fix is available for NuGet.Commands — see the affected versions and patch details below.
NuGet Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Exploitation Status
No confirmed exploitation observed yet
- A successful exploit gives an attacker total control of the affected component, not partial access.
- CISA’s own triage has not observed active exploitation or public proof-of-concept code for this CVE as of its last assessment.
Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for CVE-2022-41032.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) is a daily probability model maintained by FIRST.org. It estimates the likelihood a CVE will be exploited in production environments within the next 30 days, derived from real-world threat intelligence signals.
How urgent is this, really
CVE-2022-41032 plotted by exploitation likelihood (EPSS) against impact (CVSS). The shaded corner — EPSS 50%+ and CVSS 7.0+ — is where this CVE doesn't sit, though severity or exploitability alone can still warrant action.
Where this sits among everything scored
Of 377,166 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the < 10% band (highlighted). Real counts from FIRST.org, not a sample — log-scaled since the landscape is heavily right-skewed.
Real-World Exposure
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Description
NuGet Client Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| .NETNuGet | NuGet.Commands | ≥ 4.6.0&&< 4.9.6 | 4.9.6dotnet add package NuGet.Commands --version 4.9.6 |
| .NETNuGet | NuGet.Commands | ≥ 5.0.0&&< 5.7.3 | 5.7.3dotnet add package NuGet.Commands --version 5.7.3 |
| .NETNuGet | NuGet.Commands | ≥ 5.8.0&&< 5.9.3 | 5.9.3dotnet add package NuGet.Commands --version 5.9.3 |
| .NETNuGet | NuGet.Commands | ≥ 5.10.0&&< 5.11.3 | 5.11.3dotnet add package NuGet.Commands --version 5.11.3 |
| .NETNuGet | NuGet.Commands | ≥ 6.0.0&&< 6.0.3 | 6.0.3dotnet add package NuGet.Commands --version 6.0.3 |
| .NETNuGet | NuGet.Commands | ≥ 6.1.0&&< 6.2.2 | 6.2.2dotnet add package NuGet.Commands --version 6.2.2 |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for NuGet.Commands, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update NuGet.Commands to 4.9.6 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2022-41032 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
How O3 protects you
O3 Security's impact-aware SCA analyses which vulnerable code paths your application actually calls, so a match like CVE-2022-41032 can be triaged on real exposure rather than presence alone.
Tailored to CVE-2022-41032. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.
Fixing This On Your OS
If you run this on a Linux distribution, patch through your package manager against the distro's own security advisory below — it tracks the exact backported fix for your release, which can ship on a different timeline (and sometimes a different severity) than the upstream project.
| Product | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|
| .NET Core on Red Hat Enterprise Linux | rh-dotnet31-dotnet-0:3.1.424-1.el7_9 | RHSA-2022:6914 |
| .NET Core on Red Hat Enterprise Linux | rh-dotnet60-dotnet-0:6.0.110-1.el7_9 | RHSA-2022:6915 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | dotnet6.0-0:6.0.110-1.el8_6 | RHSA-2022:6911 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | dotnet3.1-0:3.1.424-1.el8_6 | RHSA-2022:6912 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | dotnet7.0-0:7.0.100-0.4.rc2.el8_7 | RHSA-2022:7826 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | dotnet6.0-0:6.0.110-1.el9_0 | RHSA-2022:6913 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | dotnet7.0-0:7.0.100-0.5.rc2.el9_1 | RHSA-2022:8434 |
Frequently Asked Questions
Is CVE-2022-41032 in your dependencies?
O3 Security finds CVE-2022-41032 across NuGet dependencies, including transitive ones, and its impact-aware SCA ranks findings by whether your code actually calls the vulnerable path.