Critical severity · published Feb 11, 2022
CVE-2022-23806
Curve.IsOnCurve in crypto/elliptic in Go before 1.16.14 and 1.17.x before 1.17.7 can incorrectly return true in situations with a big.Int value that is not a valid field element
9.1
CVSS
3.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Curve.IsOnCurve in crypto/elliptic in Go before 1.16.14 and 1.17.x before 1.17.7 can incorrectly return true in situations with a big.Int value that is not a valid field element.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.1% · higher than 88% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
BC
Beegfs Csi Driver · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
CI
Cloud Insights Telegraf Agent · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
9.0 · source: NVD
GO
GO · Golang
before 1.16.14; 1.17.0 before 1.17.7 · source: NVD
KM
Kubernetes Monitoring Operator · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
ST
Storagegrid · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-23806
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-23806
Release Notes
https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/SUsQn0aSgPQ
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/04/msg00017.html
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/04/msg00018.html
lists.debian.org
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/04/msg00021.html
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-02
Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220225-0006/
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