TI-2022-13122 Aliases CVE-2022-31078 GHSA-qpx3-9565-5xwm

KubeEdge CloudCore Router memory exhaustion

LOW 30CWE-400Published 2022-07-11 · Updated 2025-04-23

Key facts

Attack vector: 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-400.

Summary

KubeEdge is an open source system for extending native containerized application orchestration capabilities to hosts at Edge. Prior to versions 1.11.1, 1.10.2, and 1.9.4, the CloudCore Router does not impose a limit on the size of responses to requests made by the REST handler. An attacker could use this weakness to make a request that will return an HTTP response with a large body and cause DoS of CloudCore. In the HTTP Handler API, the rest handler makes a request to a pre-specified handle. The handle will return an HTTP response that is then read into memory. The consequence of the exhaustion is that CloudCore will be in a denial of service. Only an authenticated user of the cloud can make an attack. It will be affected only when users enable `router` module in the config file `cloudcore.yaml`. This bug has been fixed in Kubeedge 1.11.1, 1.10.2, and 1.9.4. As a workaround, disable the router switch in the config file `cloudcore.yaml`.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00703 53rd percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Fixed kubeedge (kubeedge): 1.9.4, 1.10.2github.com/kubeedge/kubeedge (Go): 1.11.1, 1.10.2, 1.9.4

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

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
backstage	kubeedge	before 1.9.4; 1.10.0 to before 1.10.2; = 1.11.0	1.9.4, 1.10.2	Patch available	CNA
—	github.com/kubeedge/kubeedge (Go)	1.11.0 to before 1.11.1	1.11.1	Patch available	GHSA-qpx3-9565-5xwm
—	github.com/kubeedge/kubeedge (Go)	1.10.0 to before 1.10.2	1.10.2	Patch available	GHSA-qpx3-9565-5xwm
—	github.com/kubeedge/kubeedge (Go)	before 1.9.4	1.9.4	Patch available	GHSA-qpx3-9565-5xwm

kubeedge Vendorbackstage Affected before 1.9.4; 1.10.0 to before 1.10.2; = 1.11.0 Fixed in 1.9.4, 1.10.2 Patch available CNA
github.com/kubeedge/kubeedge (Go) Vendor— Affected 1.11.0 to before 1.11.1 Fixed in 1.11.1 Patch available GHSA-qpx3-9565-5xwm
github.com/kubeedge/kubeedge (Go) Vendor— Affected 1.10.0 to before 1.10.2 Fixed in 1.10.2 Patch available GHSA-qpx3-9565-5xwm
github.com/kubeedge/kubeedge (Go) Vendor— Affected before 1.9.4 Fixed in 1.9.4 Patch available GHSA-qpx3-9565-5xwm

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:kubeedge::::::::	before 1.9.4; 1.10.0 to before 1.10.2; 1.11.0 to before 1.11.1	Vulnerable	backstage

cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:kubeedge:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 1.9.4; 1.10.0 to before 1.10.2; 1.11.0 to before 1.11.1 Vulnerable ·backstage

Remediation

Fix · CNA kubeedge (kubeedge) Fixed in 1.9.4, 1.10.2
Fix · GHSA-qpx3-9565-5xwm github.com/kubeedge/kubeedge (Go) Fixed in 1.11.1 Advisory →
Fix · GHSA-qpx3-9565-5xwm github.com/kubeedge/kubeedge (Go) Fixed in 1.10.2 Advisory →
Fix · GHSA-qpx3-9565-5xwm github.com/kubeedge/kubeedge (Go) Fixed in 1.9.4 Advisory →

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-31078
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-qpx3-9565-5xwm

References

Advisory 2

Other 1

https://github.com/kubeedge/kubeedge

TI-2022-13117 KubeEdge Edge ServiceBus module DoS CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
TI-2022-13120 Malicious Message can crash CloudCore in KubeEdge CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.7
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-2022-13118 KubeEdge Cloud AdmissionController component DoS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5

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Sources

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