CVE-2022-1996: Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key in emicklei/go-restful
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2022-1996 is a critical (CVSS 9.3) vulnerability in emicklei emicklei/go-restful. EPSS estimates a 3.12% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87.8% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.
Public exploit (reference, Date unknown)
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 10 · Related 14Timeline
- 06-06-2022PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 03-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key in GitHub repository emicklei/go-restful prior to v3.8.0.
CVSS metrics
12 scores · 9 sources · 3 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated9.1CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated9.1CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- OSV · GoEcosystem advisory · calculated9.1CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- NVDNIST9.1CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- OSV · AlpineEcosystem advisory · calculated9.1CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated9.3CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
- OSV · WolfiEcosystem advisory · calculated9.3CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
- OSV · ChainguardEcosystem advisory · calculated9.3CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
- NVDNIST9.3CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS trend
Probability
3.12%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
88%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 3.12% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.
Not in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
1 foundExploit Reference (huntr.dev)
Maturity: unknown
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Suse51 products
- aws-iam-authenticator&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP2< 0.5.3-150000.1.12.1
- aws-iam-authenticator&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP3< 0.5.3-150000.1.12.1
- aws-iam-authenticator&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP4< 0.5.3-150000.1.12.1
- aws-iam-authenticator&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP5< 0.5.3-150000.1.12.1
- aws-iam-authenticator&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP6< 0.5.3-150000.1.12.1
Chainguard27 products
- kube-state-metrics-2.6< 2.6.0-r1
- kubeflow< 1.10.0-r3
- kubeflow-access-management< 1.10.0-r3
- kubeflow-access-management-compat< 1.10.0-r3
- kubeflow-access-management-fips< 1.10.0-r2
Opensuse16 products
- aws-iam-authenticator&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.5< 0.5.3-150000.1.12.1
- aws-iam-authenticator&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.6< 0.5.3-150000.1.12.1
- containerd&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.4< 1.7.8-150000.103.1
- containerd&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.5< 1.7.8-150000.103.1
- containerd&distro=openSUSE Leap Micro 5.3< 1.7.8-150000.103.1
Wolfi13 products
- kubeflow< 1.10.0-r3
- kubeflow-access-management< 1.10.0-r3
- kubeflow-access-management-compat< 1.10.0-r3
- kubeflow-admission-webhook< 1.10.0-r3
- kubeflow-admission-webhook-compat< 1.10.0-r3
Github.com/emicklei/go-restful2 products
- v2≤ 2.7.1 | ≥ 2.7.1 (No fix recorded)
- v3≥ 3.0.0, < 3.8.0
Redhat2 products
- openshift-gitops-kam< 0:1.8.3-6.el8 | < 0:1.9.0-102.el8
- openshift-gitops-kam-redistributable< 0:1.8.3-6.el8 | < 0:1.9.0-102.el8
Alpine1 product
- gitlab-runner< 15.10.0-r0
Debian1 product
- golang-github-emicklei-go-restful< 3.10.2-1
Emicklei1 product
- emicklei/go-restful≥ unspecified, < v3.8.0
Fedoraproject1 product
- fedoraEOL35 | 36
Github.com/emicklei1 product
- go-restful< 2.16.0 | < 2.16.0+incompatible
Go-restful_project1 product
- go-restful< 2.16.0 | ≥ 3.0.0, < 3.8.0
Ubuntu1 product
- golang-github-emicklei-go-restfulAll versions (No fix recorded)
13 vendors · 118 products
References
49 links- github.com/emicklei/go-restful/commit/fd3c327a379ce08c68ef18765bdc925f5d9bad10REPORTFIXWEBPatchThird Party Advisory
Show all 49 references
- lists.opensuse.org/archives/…Advisory