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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2022-25888

The package opcua from 0.0.0 are vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) due to a missing limitation on the number of received chunks - per single session or in total for all concurrent sessions.

HIGH 7.5EPSS 1.29%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.29%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

The package opcua from 0.0.0 are vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) due to a missing limitation on the number of received chunks - per single session or in total for all concurrent sessions. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by sending an unlimited number of huge chunks (e.g. 2GB each) without sending the Final closing chunk.

CVSS 3.1
7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
1.29% probability · 69th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-770
Affected
opcua project/opcua
Source
report@snyk.io

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.