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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2022-0536

medium Nessus Plugin ID 229730

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Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

 - Improper Removal of Sensitive Information Before Storage or Transfer in NPM follow-redirects prior to 1.14.8. (CVE-2022-0536)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2022-0536

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-0536

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 229730

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2022_0536.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/5/2025

Updated: 7/16/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-0536

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:U/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:dotnet-sdk-3.1-source-built-artifacts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dotnet, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:dotnet-apphost-pack-3.1, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:dotnet-sdk-3.1, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:dotnet-targeting-pack-5.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dotnet3.1, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:dotnet-host, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:aspnetcore-targeting-pack-5.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dotnet-templates-5.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:dotnet, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dotnet-sdk-3.1-source-built-artifacts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dotnet-runtime-5.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:netstandard-targeting-pack-2.1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dotnet-host, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:dotnet-targeting-pack-3.1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dotnet-sdk-3.1, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:dotnet-sdk-5.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dotnet-apphost-pack-5.0, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:dotnet-templates-3.1, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:dotnet-hostfxr-5.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:netstandard-targeting-pack-2.1, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:aspnetcore-runtime-3.1, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:dotnet-runtime-5.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:aspnetcore-targeting-pack-3.1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dotnet-targeting-pack-3.1, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:dotnet5.0, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:aspnetcore-runtime-5.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:aspnetcore-runtime-3.1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dotnet-sdk-5.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dotnet5.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:aspnetcore-targeting-pack-3.1, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:dotnet-templates-5.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:aspnetcore-targeting-pack-5.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:dotnet3.1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dotnet-targeting-pack-5.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:aspnetcore-runtime-5.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dotnet-hostfxr-3.1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dotnet-hostfxr-5.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:dotnet-apphost-pack-5.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dotnet-templates-3.1, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.04, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dotnet-apphost-pack-3.1, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:dotnet-sdk-5.0-source-built-artifacts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dotnet-runtime-3.1, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:dotnet-runtime-3.1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:node-follow-redirects, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:dotnet-hostfxr-3.1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dotnet-sdk-5.0-source-built-artifacts

Required KB Items: Host/OS/identifier, Host/cpu, Host/local_checks_enabled, global_settings/vendor_unpatched

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/9/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-0536