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TI-2022-11765 Aliases CVE-2022-29222GHSA-w45j-f832-hxvh

Improper Certificate Validation in Pion DTLS

Priority LOW 34CWE-295Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Spoofing
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · High · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-295.

Summary

Pion DTLS is a Go implementation of Datagram Transport Layer Security. Prior to version 2.1.5, a DTLS Client could provide a Certificate that it doesn't posses the private key for and Pion DTLS wouldn't reject it. This issue affects users that are using Client certificates only. The connection itself is still secure. The Certificate provided by clients can't be trusted when using a Pion DTLS server prior to version 2.1.5. Users should upgrade to version 2.1.5 to receive a patch. There are currently no known workarounds.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00825 57th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed dtls (pion): 2.1.5github.com/pion/dtls (Go): 2.1.5+1 more product

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
piondtlsbefore 2.1.52.1.5Patch availableCNA
—github.com/pion/dtls (Go)before 2.1.52.1.5Patch availableGHSA-w45j-f832-hxvh
—github.com/pion/dtls/v2 (Go)before 2.1.52.1.5Patch availableGHSA-w45j-f832-hxvh
  • dtls Vendorpion Affected before 2.1.5 Fixed in 2.1.5 Patch available CNA
  • github.com/pion/dtls (Go) Vendor— Affected before 2.1.5 Fixed in 2.1.5 Patch available GHSA-w45j-f832-hxvh
  • github.com/pion/dtls/v2 (Go) Vendor— Affected before 2.1.5 Fixed in 2.1.5 Patch available GHSA-w45j-f832-hxvh

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:pion:dtls:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 2.1.5Vulnerablepion
  • cpe:2.3:a:pion:dtls:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 2.1.5 Vulnerable ·pion

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA dtls (pion) Fixed in 2.1.5
  • Fix · GHSA-w45j-f832-hxvh github.com/pion/dtls (Go) Fixed in 2.1.5 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-w45j-f832-hxvh github.com/pion/dtls/v2 (Go) Fixed in 2.1.5 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-29222
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-w45j-f832-hxvh

References

Patch 1

Advisory 3

Other 1

  • TI-2019-15006 handleIncomingPacket in conn.go in Pion DTLS before 1.5.2 lacks a check for application… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2022-11733 Header reconstruction method can be thrown into an infinite loop in Pion DTLS CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2022-11732 Buffer for inbound DTLS fragments has no limit CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
  • TI-2026-21028 Pion DTLS uses random nonce generation with AES GCM ciphers risks leaking the authentication key CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.9

Sources

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