CVE-2022-0997: Fidelissecurity Deception

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Improper file permissions in the CommandPost, Collector, and Sensor components of Fidelis Network and Deception enables an attacker with local, administrative access to the CLI to modify affected script files, which could result in arbitrary commands being run as root upon subsequent logon by a root user. The vulnerability is present in Fidelis Network and Deception versions prior to 9.4.5. Patches and updates are available to address this vulnerability.

Affected products

• Fidelissecurity Deception: before 9.4.5 (fixed in 9.4.5)
• Fidelissecurity Network: before 9.4.5 (fixed in 9.4.5)

Published 2022-05-17. Last modified 2026-06-17.