Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-22832

CriticalPublic PoC

Published: 06 February 2022

Published
06 February 2022
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.2335 96.1th percentile
Risk Priority 34 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-22832 is a critical-severity Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key (CWE-639) vulnerability in Servisnet Tessa. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked in the top 3.9% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

Deeper analysis

Servisnet Tessa version 0.0.2 contains an authorization exposure vulnerability tracked as CVE-2022-22832. The flaw allows any party to retrieve authorization data by issuing an unauthenticated HTTP request to the /data-service/users/ endpoint. The issue carries a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.8, reflecting network-accessible attack complexity that requires no credentials or user interaction and yields complete loss of confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit the endpoint to obtain sensitive authorization information, which can then be leveraged to escalate privileges or fully compromise the affected Tessa instance. Public exploit code demonstrating the request and subsequent privilege escalation has been available since disclosure.

The EPSS score for this CVE rose from low values after the 2022 publication to a peak of 0.4424 on 2025-01-22 before receding to the current 0.2335, indicating renewed exploitation interest well after initial release. Multiple proof-of-concept listings on Exploit-DB and Packet Storm confirm that working attack material has been shared publicly.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

An issue was discovered in Servisnet Tessa 0.0.2. Authorization data is available via an unauthenticated /data-service/users/ request.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

servisnet
tessa
0.0.2

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-639

Per-request decision making makes it harder to bypass authorization using user-controlled keys without proper validation in the decision process.

addresses: CWE-639

Consistent enforcement of approved authorizations makes bypassing via user-controlled keys ineffective.

References