CVE-2022-38580
Published: 25 October 2022
Summary
CVE-2022-38580 is a critical-severity SSRF (CWE-918) vulnerability in Zalando Skipper. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).
Operationally, ranked in the top 2.5% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
Deeper analysis
Zalando Skipper version 0.13.236 is affected by CVE-2022-38580, a Server-Side Request Forgery vulnerability tracked under CWE-918 and carrying a CVSS 3.1 score of 9.8. The flaw resides in the proxy component and permits an attacker to induce the server into making arbitrary outbound requests.
An unauthenticated remote attacker can supply crafted requests that cause Skipper to fetch attacker-controlled URLs, enabling access to internal resources, data exfiltration, or further network reconnaissance with full impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The associated EPSS score rose from a low baseline to a peak of 0.5134 on 2026-05-23 before receding to the current value of 0.4225, indicating that exploitation interest increased after public disclosure. Public references consist of proof-of-concept material on Packet Storm, a technical gist, and Pastebin, but contain no vendor statements on patches or configuration mitigations.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-7084
Vulnerability details
Zalando Skipper v0.13.236 is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF).
- CWE(s)
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.
Penetration testing attempts server-side requests to internal resources, identifying SSRF weaknesses for remediation.
Outbound connections to external resources can be monitored and limited at the boundary, reducing SSRF impact.
Validates server-side URLs and resource references to block SSRF attempts.
Detects server-side request forgery through monitoring of unexpected outbound connections.