CVE-2022-21822
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in nvflare
Description
### Impact NVIDIA FLARE contains a vulnerability in Admin Interface, where an un-authorized attacker can cause Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling, which may lead to cause system unavailable All versions before 2.0.16 are affected. ### Patches The patch will be included in nvflare==2.0.16. ### Workarounds The changes in commits https://github.com/NVIDIA/NVFlare/commit/93588b3a0dff9bd4568983071b74d8b420de3a6e and https://github.com/NVIDIA/NVFlare/commit/93588b3a0dff9bd4568983071b74d8b420de3a6e can be applied to any version of the NVIDIA FLARE without any adverse effect. ### Additional information Issue Found on: 2022.3.3 Issue Found by: Oliver Sellwood (@Nintorac)
How to fix CVE-2022-21822
To remediate CVE-2022-21822, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 2.0.16 or later
Is CVE-2022-21822 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.4%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 2.0.16
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |