Uncontrolled resource consumption in keylime
Priority MEDIUM 58CWE-400Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-400.
Summary
In Keylime before 6.3.0, quote responses from the agent can contain possibly untrusted ZIP data which can lead to zip bombs.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00433 37th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | keylime | keylime 6.3.0 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- keylime Vendor— Affected keylime 6.3.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-23951
References
More Keylime vulnerabilities
- TI-2021-19303 Authentication bypass by spoofing in keylime CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2022-07922 Exposure of resource to wrong sphere in keylime CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2022-07921 Authentication bypass by spoofing in keylime CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2026-01392 Improper certificate validation in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2021-02373 Improper signature verification in keylime CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-19613 Keylime: registrar is subject to a dos against ssl connections CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2022-23951 · CVE Program
- CVE-2022-23951 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- CVE-2022-23951 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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