Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key in GitHub repository emicklei/go-restful prior to v3.8.0.
CVE-2022-1996
This critical-severity CVE scores 9.1 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 1.0%, top 23% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 9.1
- EG Score
- 9.1(medium)
- EPSS
- 84.4%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
June 8, 2022
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
References (22)
- security@huntrhttps://github.com/emicklei/go-restful/commit/fd3c327a379ce08c68ef18765bdc925f5d9bad10
- security@huntrhttps://huntr.dev/bounties/be837427-415c-4d8c-808b-62ce20aa84f1
- security@huntrhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/575BLJ3Y2EQBRNTFR2OSQQ6L2W6UCST3/
- security@huntrhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OBDD3Q23RCGAGHIXUCWBU6N3S4RNAKXB/
- security@huntrhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RQXU752ALW53OJAF5MG3WMR5CCZVLWW6/
- security@huntrhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SO5QC2JFW2PXBWAE27OYYYL5SPFUBHTY/
- security@huntrhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/W56PP46JVZEKCANBKXFKRVSBBRRMCY6V/
- security@huntrhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Z55VUVGO7E5PJFXIOVAY373NZRHBNCI5/
- security@huntrhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZGQKWD6SE75PFBPFVSZYAKAVXKBZXKWS/
- security@huntrhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZY2SLWOQR4ZURQ7UBRZ7JIX6H6F5JHJR/
- security@huntrhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220923-0005/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/emicklei/go-restful/commit/fd3c327a379ce08c68ef18765bdc925f5d9bad10
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://huntr.dev/bounties/be837427-415c-4d8c-808b-62ce20aa84f1
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/575BLJ3Y2EQBRNTFR2OSQQ6L2W6UCST3/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OBDD3Q23RCGAGHIXUCWBU6N3S4RNAKXB/
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2022-1996(4)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- CVE-2022-1996Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC)
CVE-2022-1996
- RHSA-2022:6351Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift Virtualization 4.10.5 Images security and bug fix update
- RHSA-2022:6040Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Release of OpenShift Serverless 1.24.0
- RHSA-2022:6042Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Release of OpenShift Serverless Client kn 1.24.0
Patch Availability(7)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhat | openshift-gitops-kam-0:1.9.0-102.el8 | 2023-06-09 | redhat |
| redhat | openshift-gitops-kam-0:1.8.3-6.el8 | 2023-05-18 | redhat |
| redhat | cryostat-tech-preview/jfr-datasource-rhel8:2.2.0-14 | 2023-02-20 | redhat |
| redhat | container-native-virtualization/vm-import-virtv2v-rhel8:v4.9.7-4 | 2022-11-22 | redhat |
| redhat | container-native-virtualization/virt-operator:v4.10.5-3 | 2022-09-06 | redhat |
| redhat | openshift-serverless-clients-0:1.3.1-4.el8 | 2022-08-10 | redhat |
| redhat | openshift-serverless-1-tech-preview/eventing-kafka-broker-webhook-rhel8:1.3.2-2 | 2022-08-10 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(3 across 1 ecosystem)
Go(3)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| github.com/emicklei/go-restful | — | 2.16.0+incompatible | — |
| github.com/emicklei/go-restful/v2 | — | — | — |
| github.com/emicklei/go-restful/v3 | — | 3.8.0 | — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Additional Vendor Advisories
(4)
Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.
Data Freshness Timeline
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Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.
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