5.5

CVE-2022-25326: google llc fscrypt Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2022-25326DEBIAN-CVE-2022-25326GHSA-chxf-fjcf-7fwp
Published 25-02-2022Last modified 21-04-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-25326 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in google llc fscrypt. EPSS estimates a 0.13% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 2.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.13%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11902-1

Timeline

  1. 25-02-2022
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 21-04-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

fscrypt through v0.3.2 creates a world-writable directory by default when setting up a filesystem, allowing unprivileged users to exhaust filesystem space. We recommend upgrading to fscrypt 0.3.3 or above and adjusting the permissions on existing fscrypt metadata directories where applicable.

CVSS metrics

6 scores · 5 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.13%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

2%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.13% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.13%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • fscrypt< 0.3.3-1
Github.com/google1 product
  • fscrypt< 0.3.3
Google1 product
Google llc1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • fscryptAll versions (No fix recorded)

5 vendors · 5 products

References

10 links