CVE-2022-2188: McAfee Data Exchange Layer

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Privilege escalation vulnerability in DXL Broker for Windows prior to 6.0.0.280 allows local users to gain elevated privileges by exploiting weak directory controls in the logs directory. This can lead to a denial-of-service attack on the DXL Broker.

Affected products

• McAfee Data Exchange Layer: before 6.0.0.280 (fixed in 6.0.0.280)

Published 2022-11-07. Last modified 2026-06-17.