The Keccak XKCP SHA-3 reference implementation before fdc6fef has an integer overflow and…
Priority HIGH 82CWE-190Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 2 fixed, 3 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-190 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
The Keccak XKCP SHA-3 reference implementation before fdc6fef has an integer overflow and resultant buffer overflow that allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or eliminate expected cryptographic properties. This occurs in the sponge function interface.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.07413 94th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Partial sha3 (RubyGems): 1.0.5Red Hat: 4 advisoriesRed Hat: 2 fixed, 3 without a fix
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- 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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | — | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | pysha3 (PyPI) | up to 1.0.2 | — | No fix listed | GHSA-6w4m-2xhg-2658 |
| — | sha3 (RubyGems) | before 1.0.5 | 1.0.5 | Patch available | GHSA-6w4m-2xhg-2658 |
- — Vendor— Affected — Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- pysha3 (PyPI) Vendor— Affected up to 1.0.2 Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-6w4m-2xhg-2658
- sha3 (RubyGems) Vendor— Affected before 1.0.5 Fixed in 1.0.5 Patch available GHSA-6w4m-2xhg-2658
CPE configurations NVD · 10
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:extended_keccak_code_package_project:extended_keccak_code_package:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | not specified by NVD | Vulnerable | Extended Keccak Code Package Project |
| cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 10.0 | Vulnerable | Debian |
| cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 11.0 | Vulnerable | Debian |
| cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 35 | Vulnerable | Fedoraproject |
| cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 36 | Vulnerable | Fedoraproject |
| cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 7.2.0 to before 7.4.33; 8.0.0 to before 8.0.25; 8.1.0 to before 8.1.12 | Vulnerable | PHP |
| cpe:2.3:a:python:python:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 3.6.0 to before 3.7.16; 3.8.0 to before 3.8.16; 3.9.0 to before 3.9.16; 3.10.0 to before 3.10.9 | Vulnerable | python-pillow |
| cpe:2.3:a:sha3_project:sha3:*:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:* | before 1.0.5 | Vulnerable | Sha3 Project |
| cpe:2.3:a:pysha3_project:pysha3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | all versions | Vulnerable | Pysha3 Project |
| cpe:2.3:a:pypy:pypy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 7.0.0 | Vulnerable | PyPy |
- cpe:2.3:a:extended_keccak_code_package_project:extended_keccak_code_package:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Vulnerable ·Extended Keccak Code Package Project
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.0 Vulnerable ·Debian
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 11.0 Vulnerable ·Debian
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 35 Vulnerable ·Fedoraproject
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 36 Vulnerable ·Fedoraproject
- cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.2.0 to before 7.4.33; 8.0.0 to before 8.0.25; 8.1.0 to before 8.1.12 Vulnerable ·PHP
- cpe:2.3:a:python:python:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.6.0 to before 3.7.16; 3.8.0 to before 3.8.16; 3.9.0 to before 3.9.16; 3.10.0 to before 3.10.9 Vulnerable ·python-pillow
- cpe:2.3:a:sha3_project:sha3:*:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:* Versions before 1.0.5 Vulnerable ·Sha3 Project
- cpe:2.3:a:pysha3_project:pysha3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Vulnerable ·Pysha3 Project
- cpe:2.3:a:pypy:pypy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.0.0 Vulnerable ·PyPy
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-6w4m-2xhg-2658 sha3 (RubyGems) Fixed in 1.0.5 Advisory →
Red Hat 4 advisories
- RHSA-2023:2903 Released 2023-05-16 · Red Hat rating Moderatephp:7.4 security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) apcu-panel-5.1.18-1.module+el8.3.0+6678+b09f589e.noarch::php:7.4, libzip-1.6.1-1.module+el8.3.0+6678+b09f589e.aarch64::php:7.4, libzip-1.6.1-1.module+el8.3.0+6678+b09f589e.ppc64le::php:7.4 +47
- RHSA-2023:2417 Released 2023-05-09 · Red Hat rating Moderatephp:8.1 security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) apcu-panel-5.1.21-1.module+el9.1.0.z+15477+cb86791d.noarch::php:8.1, php-8.1.14-1.module+el9.2.0+17911+b059dfc2.aarch64::php:8.1, php-8.1.14-1.module+el9.2.0+17911+b059dfc2.ppc64le::php:8.1 +47
- RHSA-2023:0965 Released 2023-02-28 · Red Hat rating Moderatephp security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) php-8.0.27-1.el9_1, php-bcmath-8.0.27-1.el9_1, php-cli-8.0.27-1.el9_1 +22
Show 1 more Red Hat advisories
- RHSA-2023:0848 Released 2023-02-21 · Red Hat rating Moderatephp:8.0 security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) apcu-panel-5.1.20-1.module+el8.6.0+13671+84712317.noarch::php:8.0, libzip-1.7.3-1.module+el8.6.0+13671+84712317.aarch64::php:8.0, libzip-1.7.3-1.module+el8.6.0+13671+84712317.ppc64le::php:8.0 +47
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat Software Collections | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) | Fixed | RHSA-2023:0848, RHSA-2023:2903 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) | Fixed | RHSA-2023:0965, RHSA-2023:2417 |
Not affected: 5 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
- Red Hat Software Collections
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-37454
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6w4m-2xhg-2658
References
Advisory 9
- https://csrc.nist.gov/projects/hash-functions/sha-3-project
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33281106
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/10/msg00041.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00000.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CMIEXLMTW5GO36HTFFWIPB3OHZXCT3G4/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5267
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5269
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3ALQ6BDDPX5HU5YBQOBMDVAA2TSGDKIJ/
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-37454
Other 14
- https://eprint.iacr.org/2023/331
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35050307
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-02
- https://github.com/XKCP/XKCP/issues/105
- https://github.com/johanns/sha3/issues/17
- https://github.com/tiran/pysha3/issues/29
- https://github.com/XKCP/XKCP/commit/fdc6fef075f4e81d6b1bc38364248975e08e340a
- https://github.com/johanns/sha3/commit/5f2e8118a62831911703c8753ff2435c3b5d7312
- https://mouha.be/sha-3-buffer-overflow
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/CMIEXLMTW5GO36HTFFWIPB3OHZXCT3G4
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/3ALQ6BDDPX5HU5YBQOBMDVAA2TSGDKIJ
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CMIEXLMTW5GO36HTFFWIPB3OHZXCT3G4
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3ALQ6BDDPX5HU5YBQOBMDVAA2TSGDKIJ
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/sha3/CVE-2022-37454.yml
Sources
- CVE-2022-37454 · CVE Program
- CVE-2022-37454 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-6w4m-2xhg-2658 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2022-37454 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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