CVE-2022-22832
Published: 06 February 2022
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
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-27970
Vulnerability details
An issue was discovered in Servisnet Tessa 0.0.2. Authorization data is available via an unauthenticated /data-service/users/ request.
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Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
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.