CVE-2022-46334: Proofpoint Enterprise Protection

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

Proofpoint Enterprise Protection (PPS/PoD) contains a vulnerability which allows the pps user to escalate to root privileges due to unnecessary permissions. This affects all versions 8.19.0 and below.

Affected products

• Proofpoint Enterprise Protection: up to and including 8.19.0

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