What is CVE-2022-23951?

CVE-2022-23951 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Keylime, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2022-09-21.

How severe is CVE-2022-23951?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Keylime

CVE-2022-23951

In Keylime before 6.3.0, quote responses from the agent can contain possibly untrusted ZIP data which can lead to zip bombs.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

Published 2022-09-21 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (35.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 35th percentile — 35.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Keylime
Keylime — versions keylime 6.3.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

seclists.org/oss-sec/2022/q1/101 (Exploit, Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/keylime/keylime/security/advisories/GHSA-6xx7-m45w-76m2 (Third Party Advisory)
github.com/keylime/keylime/commit/6e44758b64b0ee13564fc46e807f4ba98091c355 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-23951?: CVE-2022-23951 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Keylime, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2022-09-21.
How severe is CVE-2022-23951?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.