What is CVE-2022-3616?

CVE-2022-3616 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cloudflare Octorpki, classified under Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2022-10-28.

How severe is CVE-2022-3616?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Cloudflare Octorpki

CVE-2022-3616

Attackers can create long chains of CAs that would lead to OctoRPKI exceeding its max iterations parameter. In consequence it would cause the program to crash, preventing it from finishing the validation and leading to a denial of service. Credits to Donika Mirdita and Haya Shulman - Fraunhofer SIT, ATHENE, who discovered and reported this vulnerability.

EPSS: 0.004 (33.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H.

Affected products

Cloudflare Octorpki — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

cna@cloudflare.com (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-3616?: CVE-2022-3616 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cloudflare Octorpki, classified under Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2022-10-28.
How severe is CVE-2022-3616?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.