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TI-2022-13166 Aliases CVE-2022-31122

Improper authentication in wireapp wire-server

Priority MEDIUM 50CWE-1270Published · Updated

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-287.

Summary

Wire is an encrypted communication and collaboration platform. Versions prior to 2022-07-12/Chart 4.19.0 are subject to Token Recipient Confusion. If an attacker has certain details of SAML IdP metadata, and configures their own SAML on the same backend, the attacker can delete all SAML authenticated accounts of a targeted team, Authenticate as a user of the attacked team and create arbitrary accounts in the context of the team if it is not managed by SCIM. This issue is fixed in wire-server 2022-07-12 and is already deployed on all Wire managed services. On-premise instances of wire-server need to be updated to 2022-07-12/Chart 4.19.0, so that their backends are no longer affected. As a workaround, the risk of an attack can be reduced by disabling SAML configuration for teams (galley.config.settings.featureFlags.sso). Helm overrides are located in `values/wire-server/values.yaml` Note that the ability to configure SAML SSO as a team is disabled by default for on-premise installations.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00741 54th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed wire-server (wireapp): 2022-07-12, 4.19.0

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
wireappwire-serverbefore 2022-07-12; before 4.19.02022-07-12, 4.19.0Patch availableCNA
  • wire-server Vendorwireapp Affected before 2022-07-12; before 4.19.0 Fixed in 2022-07-12, 4.19.0 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:wire:wire_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 2022-07-12Vulnerablewireapp
  • cpe:2.3:a:wire:wire_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 2022-07-12 Vulnerable ·wireapp

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA wire-server (wireapp) Fixed in 2022-07-12, 4.19.0

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-31122
  2. 2026-10-14 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile

References

  • TI-2021-04495 Bulk list client endpoint exposes too much metadata about a client CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
  • TI-2021-17943 CORS `Access-Control-Allow-Origin` settings are too lenient CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.7

Sources

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