CVE-2022-3172 - CVE House

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Status published Medium CVE-2022-3172

Kubernetes - API server - Aggregated API server can cause clients to be redirected (SSRF)

5.1 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

A security issue was discovered in kube-apiserver that allows an aggregated API server to redirect client traffic to any URL. This could lead to the client performing unexpected actions as well as forwarding the client's API server credentials to third parties.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

Nicolas Joly
Weinong Wang

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Affected Vendor

Kubernetes

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Affected Software

kube-apiserver

Vulnerable Versions:

v1.25.0, v1.24.0, v1.23.0, v1.22.0, v1.25.1, v1.24.5, v1.23.11, v1.22.14, 0

Timeline

Official Publish: November 3rd, 2023

Last Modified: February 13th, 2025

Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

Weaknesses (CWE)

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application

T1213 Data from Information Repositories

T1005 Data from Local System

T1046 Network Service Discovery