Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-21654

High

Published: 22 February 2022

Published
22 February 2022
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 7.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0006 19.0th percentile
Risk Priority 15 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-21654 is a high-severity Improper Certificate Validation (CWE-295) vulnerability in Envoyproxy Envoy. Its CVSS base score is 7.4 (High).

Operationally, ranked at the 19.0th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Envoy is an open source edge and service proxy, designed for cloud-native applications. Envoy's tls allows re-use when some cert validation settings have changed from their default configuration. The only workaround for this issue is to ensure that default tls…

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settings are used. Users are advised to upgrade.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

envoyproxy
envoy
1.7.0 — 1.18.6 · 1.19.0 — 1.19.3 · 1.20.0 — 1.20.2

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-295

When certificates are used to establish component provenance, the control requires correct certificate validation procedures.

addresses: CWE-295

Mandates approved trust anchors and issuance policies, directly preventing acceptance of unvalidated or untrusted certificates.

addresses: CWE-295

Correct system time is required for proper enforcement of certificate notBefore/notAfter dates and time-based revocation checks.

References