Privileged actions via exposed election cryptographic secrets
Published Jun 24, 2022 · Updated Apr 17, 2025
Incorrect privilege assignment in Dominion Voting Systems ImageCast X 5.5-A allows attackers to obtain cryptographic secrets protecting election data. The poll-worker administration authentication mechanism exposes those secrets, but public sources do not identify the exact faulty operation. Access requires physical device access, EMS access, or file modification before upload; the secrets enable sensitive-data access and privileged actions.
Summary
What happened
Incorrect privilege assignment in Dominion Voting Systems ImageCast X 5.5-A allows attackers to obtain cryptographic secrets protecting election data. The poll-worker administration authentication mechanism exposes those secrets, but public sources do not identify the exact faulty operation. Access requires physical device access, EMS access, or file modification before upload; the secrets enable sensitive-data access and privileged actions.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-1746
- Published
- Jun 24, 2022
- Updated
- Apr 17, 2025
- Vendor
- Dominion Voting Systems
- Product
- ImageCast X application
- Classifications
- CWE-266, T1552
- Attack vector
- physical
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jun 24, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 17, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=Version 5.5-A Versions 5.5.10.30 and 5.5.10.32
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