Deserialization in NVIDIA Nvflare

CVE-2022-31605

NVFLARE, versions prior to 2.1.2, contains a vulnerability in its utils module, where YAML files are loaded via yaml.load() instead of yaml.safe_load(). The deserialization of Untrusted Data, may allow an unprivileged network attacker to cause Remote Code Execution, Denial Of Service, and Impact to both Confidentiality and Integrity.

Vulnerability class: Insecure Deserialization

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.021 (80.7th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 81st percentile — 80.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2022-31605: held from 0.020 to 0.021.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.020 · newest: 0.021 · change: +0.001

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-31605?
CVE-2022-31605 is a critical-severity vulnerability in NVIDIA Nvflare, classified under Deserialization of Untrusted Data. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2022-07-01.
How severe is CVE-2022-31605?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.