CVE-2022-29583

Publication date 22 April 2022

Last updated 4 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

service_windows.go in the kardianos service package for Go omits quoting that is sometimes needed for execution of a Windows service executable from the intended directory. NOTE: this finding could not be reproduced by its original reporter or by others.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
golang-github-kardianos-service	23.04 lunar	Not affected
	22.10 kinetic	Not affected
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not affected
	21.10 impish	Ignored end of life
	20.04 LTS focal	Not affected
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
google-guest-agent	23.04 lunar	Not affected
	22.10 kinetic	Not affected
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not affected
	21.10 impish	Ignored end of life
	20.04 LTS focal	Not affected
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release

Notes

alexmurray

google-guest-agent contains a vendored copy of golang-github-kardianos-service

mdeslaur

this issue has been disputed, so marking as not-affected Ubuntu

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.8 · High
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	Low
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H