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TI-2022-13120 Aliases CVE-2022-31076GHSA-8f4f-v9x5-cg6j

Malicious Message can crash CloudCore in KubeEdge

Priority MEDIUM 59CWE-476Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Adjacent network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-476.

Summary

KubeEdge is built upon Kubernetes and extends native containerized application orchestration and device management to hosts at the Edge. In affected versions a malicious message can crash CloudCore by triggering a nil-pointer dereference in the UDS Server. Since the UDS Server only communicates with the CSI Driver on the cloud side, the attack is limited to the local host network. As such, an attacker would already need to be an authenticated user of the Cloud. Additionally it will be affected only when users turn on the unixsocket switch in the config file cloudcore.yaml. This bug has been fixed in Kubeedge 1.11.0, 1.10.1, and 1.9.3. Users should update to these versions to resolve the issue. Users unable to upgrade should sisable the unixsocket switch of CloudHub in the config file cloudcore.yaml.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00615 49th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed kubeedge (kubeedge): 1.9.3, 1.10.1github.com/kubeedge/kubeedge (Go): 1.10.1, 1.9.3

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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
backstagekubeedgebefore 1.9.3; 1.10.0 to before 1.10.11.9.3, 1.10.1Patch availableCNA
—github.com/kubeedge/kubeedge (Go)1.10.0 to before 1.10.11.10.1Patch availableGHSA-8f4f-v9x5-cg6j
—github.com/kubeedge/kubeedge (Go)before 1.9.31.9.3Patch availableGHSA-8f4f-v9x5-cg6j
  • kubeedge Vendorbackstage Affected before 1.9.3; 1.10.0 to before 1.10.1 Fixed in 1.9.3, 1.10.1 Patch available CNA
  • github.com/kubeedge/kubeedge (Go) Vendor— Affected 1.10.0 to before 1.10.1 Fixed in 1.10.1 Patch available GHSA-8f4f-v9x5-cg6j
  • github.com/kubeedge/kubeedge (Go) Vendor— Affected before 1.9.3 Fixed in 1.9.3 Patch available GHSA-8f4f-v9x5-cg6j

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:kubeedge:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 1.9.3Vulnerablebackstage
cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:kubeedge:1.10.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*1.10.0Vulnerablebackstage
cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:kubeedge:1.10.0:beta0:*:*:*:*:*:*1.10.0 beta0Vulnerablebackstage
  • cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:kubeedge:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 1.9.3 Vulnerable ·backstage
  • cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:kubeedge:1.10.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.10.0 Vulnerable ·backstage
  • cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:kubeedge:1.10.0:beta0:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.10.0 beta0 Vulnerable ·backstage

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA kubeedge (kubeedge) Fixed in 1.9.3, 1.10.1
  • Fix · GHSA-8f4f-v9x5-cg6j github.com/kubeedge/kubeedge (Go) Fixed in 1.10.1 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-8f4f-v9x5-cg6j github.com/kubeedge/kubeedge (Go) Fixed in 1.9.3 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-31076
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8f4f-v9x5-cg6j

References

Exploit 1

Patch 1

Advisory 1

Other 1

  • TI-2022-13117 KubeEdge Edge ServiceBus module DoS CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2022-13119 KubeEdge DoS when signing the CSR from EdgeCore CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
  • TI-2022-13124 KubeEdge Websocket Client in package Viaduct: DoS from large response message CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
  • TI-2022-13123 KubeEdge Cloud Stream and Edge Stream DoS from large stream message CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
  • TI-2022-13122 KubeEdge CloudCore Router memory exhaustion CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
  • TI-2022-13118 KubeEdge Cloud AdmissionController component DoS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
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Sources

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