CVE-2022-23806

CRITICALNVD 9.19.1—

9.1

Curve.IsOnCurve in crypto/elliptic in Go before 1.16.14 and 1.17.x before 1.17.7 can incorrectly return true in situations with a big.Int value that is not a valid field element.

CVSS v3: 9.1
EG Score: 9.1(medium)
EPSS: 14.0%
KEV: Not listed

Published

February 11, 2022

Last Modified

November 21, 2024

References (14)

cve@mitrehttps://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/SUsQn0aSgPQ
cve@mitrehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/04/msg00017.html
cve@mitrehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/04/msg00018.html
cve@mitrehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/04/msg00021.html
cve@mitrehttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-02
cve@mitrehttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220225-0006/
cve@mitrehttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/SUsQn0aSgPQ
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/04/msg00017.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/04/msg00018.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/04/msg00021.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-02
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220225-0006/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2022-23806(3)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(13)

Vendor / Ecosystem	Fixed in / Patch	Released	Source
redhat	stf/sg-core-rhel8:5.1.1-2	2023-03-30	redhat
redhat	container-native-virtualization/virt-operator:v4.12.0-255	2023-01-25	redhat
redhat	odf4/rook-ceph-rhel8-operator:v4.11.0-49	2022-08-24	redhat
redhat	cri-o-0:1.23.3-13.rhaos4.10.git6af791c.1.el7	2022-08-23	redhat
redhat	skopeo-2:1.5.2-3.rhaos4.11.el8	2022-08-10	redhat
redhat	openshift4/ovirt-csi-driver-rhel8-operator:v4.10.0-202207291908.p0.g573ac47.assembly.stream	2022-08-09	redhat
redhat	cri-tools-0:1.23.0-1.1.el7	2022-08-01	redhat
redhat	openshift-service-mesh/kiali-rhel8:1.36.10-2	2022-06-13	redhat
redhat	servicemesh-ratelimit-0:2.1.3-1.el8	2022-06-13	redhat
redhat	rhacm2/thanos-receive-controller-rhel8:v2.5.0-11	2022-06-09	redhat
redhat	openshift-serverless-1-tech-preview/eventing-kafka-broker-webhook-rhel8:1.1.0-4	2022-06-01	redhat
redhat	openshift-serverless-clients-0:1.1.0-3.el8	2022-06-01	redhat
redhat	go-toolset:rhel8-8060020220221035359.76a129d7	2022-05-10	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

(1 across 1 ecosystem)

Go(1)

Package	Vulnerable range	Fixed in	Dependents
stdlib	—	1.17.7	—

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

CWE-252Unchecked Return Value

Additional Vendor Advisories

(11)

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

(refreshed 9× in last 7d / 9× in last 30d)

Every time one of our enrichment pipelines (NVD, MITRE cvelistV5, EPSS, CISA KEV, GHSA, OSV, vendor advisories) ran against this CVE. Most recent first.

2026-05-27 13:39 UTCepss_batch
2026-05-27 13:39 UTCepss_batch
2026-05-26 13:43 UTCepss_batch
2026-05-26 07:17 UTCepss_batch
2026-05-26 07:17 UTCepss_batch
2026-05-26 03:15 UTCEG score recompute
2026-05-26 03:15 UTCVendor advisory
2026-05-26 03:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
2026-05-25 19:46 UTCOSV refresh

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2022-23806?

CVE-2022-23806 is a critical vulnerability published on February 11, 2022. Curve.IsOnCurve in crypto/elliptic in Go before 1.16.14 and 1.17.x before 1.17.7 can incorrectly return true in situations with a big.Int value that is not a valid field element.

When was CVE-2022-23806 disclosed?

CVE-2022-23806 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on February 11, 2022, with the most recent update on November 21, 2024. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2022-23806 actively exploited?

CVE-2022-23806 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 14.0% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

What is the CVSS score of CVE-2022-23806?

CVE-2022-23806 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.1 (NVD).

How do I remediate CVE-2022-23806?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2022-23806, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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