CVE-2022-46330

7.8 highEPSS 0.4%

High (7.8) in squirrel.windows project squirrel.windows. EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Squirrel.Windows is both a toolset and a library that provides installation and update functionality for Windows desktop applications. Installers generated by Squirrel.Windows 2.0.1 and earlier contain an issue with the DLL search path, which may lead to insecurely loading Dynamic Link Libraries. As a result, arbitrary code may be executed with the privilege of the user invoking the installer.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

7.8 high

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 35% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-427
Published: 2022-12-21
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

squirrel.windows_project:squirrel.windows

References

https://github.com/Squirrel/Squirrel.Windows
https://github.com/Squirrel/Squirrel.Windows/pull/1807
https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN29902403/index.html
https://github.com/Squirrel/Squirrel.Windows
https://github.com/Squirrel/Squirrel.Windows/pull/1807

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