CVE-2022-45639: Sleuthkit The Sleuth Kit

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 4.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

OS Command injection vulnerability in sleuthkit fls tool 4.11.1 allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted value to the m parameter. NOTE: third parties have disputed this because there is no analysis showing that the backtick command executes outside the context of the user account that entered the command line.

Affected products

• Sleuthkit The Sleuth Kit: version 4.11.1 only

Published 2023-01-24. Last modified 2026-06-17.