Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability · CVE-2022-23748

Dante Discovery Process Control Vulnerability

Published Nov 17, 2022 · catalog updated Jun 16, 2026 · Audinate Dante Discovery

Patch now

CVE-2022-23748 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Feb 27, 2025. Confirm Audinate Dante Discovery against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Gaps on this record

  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
Severity
High7.8
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
8.33%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
cpe audinate/dante application library · vendor Audinate Dante Discovery

mDNSResponder.exe is vulnerable to DLL Sideloading attack. Executable improperly specifies how to load the DLL, from which folder and under what conditions. In these scenarios, a malicious attacker could be using the valid and legitimate executable to load malicious files.

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  • cpe audinate/dante application libraryversion unspecified
  • vendor Audinate Dante Discoveryversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2022-23748

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2022-23748 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Feb 27, 2025. Confirm Audinate Dante Discovery against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-114; CWE-426: Untrusted Search Path. EPSS 8.33%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

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Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Nov 17, 2022 · Catalog

    Detected

    mDNSResponder.exe is vulnerable to DLL Sideloading attack. Executable improperly specifies how to load the DLL, from which folder and under what conditions. In these scenarios, a malicious attacker could be using the valid and legitimate executable to load malicious files.

  2. Feb 6, 2025 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

  3. Feb 27, 2025 · CISA KEV

    Remediation due

    Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

  4. Jun 16, 2026 · Catalog

    Updated

    mDNSResponder.exe is vulnerable to DLL Sideloading attack. Executable improperly specifies how to load the DLL, from which folder and under what conditions. In these scenarios, a malicious attacker could be using the valid and legitimate executable to load malicious files.

Sources

  • CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2022-23748

    Dante Discovery contains a process control vulnerability in mDNSResponder.exe that all allows for a DLL sideloading attack. A local attacker can leverage this vulnerability in the Dante Application Library to execute arbitrary code.

    cisa.gov
  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2022-23748

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2022-23748

    30-day exploitation probability 8.3%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2022-23748

    mDNSResponder.exe is vulnerable to DLL Sideloading attack. Executable improperly specifies how to load the DLL, from which folder and under what conditions. In these scenarios, a malicious attacker could be using the valid and legitimate executable to load malicious files.

    nvd.nist.gov
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2022-23748

    Dante Discovery contains a process control vulnerability in mDNSResponder.exe that all allows for a DLL sideloading attack. A local attacker can leverage this vulnerability in the Dante Application Library to execute arbitrary code.

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.