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CVE-2022-2385 json

AccessKeyID validation bypass

published 4y ago modified 4mo ago also GHSA-pp3f-98qg-5g75 , GO-2022-0547 , EUVD-2022-6388

cvss
8.1
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.1%
EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 65%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A security issue was discovered in aws-iam-authenticator where an allow-listed IAM identity may be able to modify their username and escalate privileges.

Patch / fix

  • go sigs.k8s.io/aws-iam-authenticator 0.5.9
  • Kubernetes aws-iam-authenticator v0.5.9
  • aws-iam-authenticator SLE Module for Public Cloud 15 SP7, SLE Module for Public Cloud 15 SP6, SLE Module for Public Cloud 15 SP5 +1 more 0.7.18-150000.1.17.1
  • aws-iam-authenticator SLE Module for Public Cloud 15 SP4, SLE Module for Public Cloud 15 SP3, SLE Module for Public Cloud 15 SP2 +4 more 0.5.3-150000.1.9.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:2643-1SUSE-SU-2022:2583-1

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red hat product security vex CVE-2022-2385 updated cvss 8.1

aws-iam-authenticator: AccessKeyID validation bypass

  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 openshift4/ose-hypershift-rhel8
    affected: no fix available

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 65% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
NVD 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.0 AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
GitHub 3.1 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
go sigs.k8s.io/aws-iam-authenticator
<0.5.9
0.5.9

Affected products

  • Kubernetes aws-iam-authenticator

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

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