What is CVE-2022-2822?

CVE-2022-2822 is a high-severity vulnerability in Octoprint, classified under Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-08-15.

How severe is CVE-2022-2822?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Octoprint

CVE-2022-2822

An attacker can freely brute force username and password and can takeover any account. An attacker could easily guess user passwords and gain access to user and administrative accounts.

Published 2022-08-15 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.008 (56.5th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 57th percentile — 56.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Octoprint
Octoprint Octoprint/octoprint — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-307 — Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts

References

huntr.dev/bounties/6369f355-e6ef-4469-af75-0f6ff00cde3d (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/octoprint/octoprint/commit/82c892ba40b3741d1b7711d949e56af64f5bc2de (Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-2822?: CVE-2022-2822 is a high-severity vulnerability in Octoprint, classified under Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-08-15.
How severe is CVE-2022-2822?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.