CVE-2022-46330: Squirrel.windows Project Squirrel.windows

High severity, CVSS 7.8. 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.

Affected products

• Squirrel.windows Project Squirrel.windows: up to and including 2.0.1

Published 2022-12-21. Last modified 2026-06-17.