CVE-2022-39245: Makedeb Mist

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Mist is the command-line interface for the makedeb Package Repository. Prior to version 0.9.5, a user-provided `sudo` binary via the `PATH` variable can allow a local user to run arbitrary commands on the user's system with root permissions. Versions 0.9.5 and later contain a patch. No known workarounds exist.

Affected products

• Makedeb Mist: before 0.9.5 (fixed in 0.9.5)

Published 2022-09-26. Last modified 2026-06-17.