CVE-2022-21679

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

1.07% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 64.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2022-01-19 21:35Z4 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-04-23 19:10Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2021-11-16

Assigning CNA

GitHub_M

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 6.8)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Weaknesses

• CWE-670Always-Incorrect Control Flow ImplementationClass
• CWE-648Incorrect Use of Privileged APIsBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

ede08c1b704a2218d120eccf8a30983700b92f9aebb3eeba95baf5bd8429317d

• github.comhttps://github.com/istio/istio/security/advisories/GHSA-rwfr-xrvw-2rvvx_refsource_CONFIRM
• istio.iohttps://istio.io/latest/news/releases/1.12.x/announcing-1.12.2/x_refsource_MISC