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High · 7.4 CVE-2022-4991 EUVD-2022-55995GHSA-5f9c-98g5-38r4

Tychon is vulnerable to privilege escalation due to OPENSSLDIR location

Published Jun 1, 2026 · Updated Jun 2, 2026 · Assigned by certcc

Description

Tychon includes an OpenSSL component that specifies an OPENSSLDIR variable as a subdirectory that may be controllable by an unprivileged user on Windows. Tychon contains a privileged service that uses this OpenSSL component. A user who can place a specially-crafted openssl.cnf file at an appropriate path may be able to achieve arbitrary code execution with SYSTEM privileges.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Tychon Tychon < 1.7.857.82 1.7.857.82

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