CVE•Published 2023-08-22•Modified 2026-10-14•1 article on news•5 live references•NVD data
CVE-2022-48522Perl · Perl
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
85
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 15% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
In Perl 5.34.0, function S_find_uninit_var in sv.c has a stack-based crash that can lead to remote code execution or local privilege escalation.
Timeline
Published 2023-08-22
Modified 2026-10-14
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag332 hosts
vuln:CVE-2022-48522Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product + version
product:"Perl Perl" version:"5.34.0"Version-pinned fingerprint from NVD's first vulnerable CPE.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Perl"HTTP body or banner mentions "Perl" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2022-48522Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2022-48522Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2022-48522Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2022-48522GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2022-48522" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub
No public proof-of-concept repositories found for CVE-2022-48522 on GitHub.