Threats / Audinate / CVE-2022-23748
CVE-2022-23748
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Verified 2026-08-04
Audinate Dante Discovery vulnerability
Dante Discovery contains a DLL sideloading vulnerability in mDNSResponder.exe that allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code via process control manipulation.
Verdict
Today item — known-exploited.
A local attacker exploits improper process control in mDNSResponder.exe to sideload a malicious DLL, achieving arbitrary code execution on the affected system. This vulnerability has been observed in active exploitation.
CISA KEV Yes · 2025-02-065EPSS 0.08533 (verify live)6CVSS 7.8 (CISA)4CISA SSVC Exploitation: active · Automatable: no · Impact: total4
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Is it exploitable?
— the evidence, ranked above the scoreReported exploitation
3 independent public reports of in-the-wild exploitation are cataloged.Distinct reporting sources (vendor, incident response, government); open them for the underlying claims.
Exploited in the wild
Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2025-02-06).
Probability (EPSS)
EPSS 0.08533 — modeled likelihood of exploitation activity.EPSS is a daily-changing model output — open the source for today's value.
Severity / affected
CVSS 7.8 (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) · Affected: Audinate, Dante Discovery. Confirm exact fixed builds in the vendor advisory.CVSS — CISA-assigned via the ADP container (CVE.org), version 3.1; the CNA left no metrics, so CISA's own score is used ahead of NVD.
Weakness (CWE)
Mapped to CWE-114 CWE-114.CWE — CNA-assigned (CVE.org); the weakness class drives how the flaw is exploited.
CISA SSVC (triage disposition)
Exploitation: active · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalCISA's own stakeholder-specific triage inputs, published in the CVE record (CISA Coordinator role). NOTE: this is CISA's three decision points; the final Act/Attend/Track decision also requires a Mission & Well-being input not published here, so no overall decision is asserted.
Currency of the record
CISA added this to its KEV catalog 812 days after the CVE record was published.KEV lag = CISA-KEV dateAdded − CVE.org datePublished; a floor on how long the known-exploited flaw sat in the public record before the federal catalog listed it. Severity/weakness here is CNA- or CISA-assigned (current at disclosure), independent of NVD's analysis backlog.
WeaknessCWE-114 · CWE-114
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Who’s exploiting it?
— attribution turns risk into urgencyAttribution not established
No confirmed (advisory-backed) threat-actor attribution is established for this record. Absence of a named actor is not absence of compromise — see Coverage & confidence.
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Why it matters
— the attack path, told twice: adversary, then board1
Front door — unauthenticated access narrative 1
Attacker
I craft a malicious DLL and place it in a directory where mDNSResponder.exe searches during its normal load sequence.
Business
An attacker gains code execution with the privileges of the Dante Discovery process, potentially compromising audio network infrastructure.
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Keys to the kingdom — privilege/identity takeover narrative 2
Attacker
I trigger mDNSResponder.exe to load my DLL instead of the legitimate library through local process manipulation.
Business
The organization loses control of affected Dante Discovery systems and faces potential data exfiltration or lateral movement within networked audio environments.
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What to do
— defensible action- Remediate per the vendor advisory — confirm the fixed build for your version and verify exposure.1
Say it to the boardA vulnerability with this evidence profile is a defensible budget line, not a backlog ticket — fund the change against the proof above.
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Coverage & confidence
— what we know, and what we don’tEstablished (cited)
Coverage gaps — stated, not hidden
Disclosure & credit2
Catalogued by checkpointCNA
Credited with finding itNo finder named in the public CVE record — the work behind this find is unattributed.