CVE-2022-29236

Improper access control for pencil annotations in BigBlueButton

MEDIUM
4.3
CVSS Score
Published: June 1, 2022 at 11:25 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:39 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorBigbluebutton

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Severity
MEDIUM4.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.9%

Description

BigBlueButton is an open source web conferencing system. Starting in version 2.2 and prior to versions 2.3.18 and 2.4-rc-6, an attacker can circumvent access restrictions for drawing on the whiteboard. The permission check is inadvertently skipped on the server, due to a previously introduced grace period. The attacker must be a meeting participant. The problem has been patched in versions 2.3.18 and 2.4-rc-6. There are currently no known workarounds.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Affected range stops below 2.3.18, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2.4-rc-6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

CVSS

4.3MEDIUMGitHub_M
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-285

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