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CVE-2022-1996

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-1996 is a critical authorization bypass vulnerability (CWE-639) affecting the emicklei/go-restful library prior to version 3.8.0, as well as related Fedora Project products. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to gain full control over sensitive data (C:H, I:H) with low attack complexity (AC:L) over the network (AV:N). While there is no evidence of active exploitation or publicly available exploit code, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating potential interest.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2.16.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:go-restful_project:go-restful:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 3.0.0, < 3.8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:go-restful_project:go-restful:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
35CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
36CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.3CRITICAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.8
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.74%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
84.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0274 is in the 75th percentile among its peer group of 36,835 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (101)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
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gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/emicklei/go-restful/v3Fixed in: 3.8.0
gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/emicklei/go-restfulFixed in: 2.16.0
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 20235-17084Fixed in: 3.7.0-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Azure Linux 3.0 ARMFixed in: 3.7.0-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Azure Linux 3.0 ARMFixed in: 2.14.0-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Azure Linux 3.0 x64Fixed in: 3.7.0-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Azure Linux 3.0 x64Fixed in: 2.14.0-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: azl3 keda 2.14.0-1 on Azure Linux 3.0Fixed in: 2.14.0-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: azl3 keda 2.4.0-15 on Azure Linux 3.0Fixed in: 2.14.0-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: azl3 sriov-network-device-plugin 3.7.0-1 on Azure Linux 3.0Fixed in: 3.7.0-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 18528-17084Fixed in: 3.7.0-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: azl3 sriov-network-device-plugin 3.5.1-3 on Azure Linux 3.0Fixed in: 3.7.0-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 19877-17084Fixed in: 2.14.0-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 17761-17084Fixed in: 2.14.0-1
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Openshift Serveless 1.24Fixed in: openshift-serverless-1/eventing-kafka-broker-webhook-rhel8:1.3.2-2
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Openshift Serveless 1.24Fixed in: openshift-serverless-1/eventing-mtbroker-filter-rhel8:1.3.2-3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Openshift Serveless 1.24Fixed in: openshift-serverless-1/eventing-mtbroker-ingress-rhel8:1.3.2-3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Openshift Serveless 1.24Fixed in: openshift-serverless-1/eventing-mtping-rhel8:1.3.2-3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Openshift Serveless 1.24Fixed in: openshift-serverless-1/eventing-storage-version-migration-rhel8:1.3.2-3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Openshift Serveless 1.24Fixed in: openshift-serverless-1/eventing-sugar-controller-rhel8:1.3.2-3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Openshift Serveless 1.24Fixed in: openshift-serverless-1/eventing-webhook-rhel8:1.3.2-3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Openshift Serveless 1.24Fixed in: openshift-serverless-1/ingress-rhel8-operator:1.24.0-3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Openshift Serveless 1.24Fixed in: openshift-serverless-1/knative-rhel8-operator:1.24.0-3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Openshift Serveless 1.24Fixed in: openshift-serverless-1/kn-cli-artifacts-rhel8:1.3.1-3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Openshift Serveless 1.24Fixed in: openshift-serverless-1/kourier-control-rhel8:1.3.0-2
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Openshift Serveless 1.24Fixed in: openshift-serverless-1/net-istio-controller-rhel8:1.3.0-2
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Openshift Serveless 1.24Fixed in: openshift-serverless-1/net-istio-webhook-rhel8:1.3.0-2
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Openshift Serveless 1.24Fixed in: openshift-serverless-1/serverless-operator-bundle:1.24.0-3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Openshift Serveless 1.24Fixed in: openshift-serverless-1/serverless-rhel8-operator:1.24.0-3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Openshift Serveless 1.24Fixed in: openshift-serverless-1/serving-activator-rhel8:1.3.0-3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Openshift Serveless 1.24Fixed in: openshift-serverless-1/serving-autoscaler-hpa-rhel8:1.3.0-3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Openshift Serveless 1.24Fixed in: openshift-serverless-1/serving-autoscaler-rhel8:1.3.0-3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Openshift Serveless 1.24Fixed in: openshift-serverless-1/serving-controller-rhel8:1.3.0-3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Openshift Serveless 1.24Fixed in: openshift-serverless-1/serving-domain-mapping-rhel8:1.3.0-3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Openshift Serveless 1.24Fixed in: openshift-serverless-1/serving-domain-mapping-webhook-rhel8:1.3.0-3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Openshift Serveless 1.24Fixed in: openshift-serverless-1/serving-queue-rhel8:1.3.0-3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Openshift Serveless 1.24Fixed in: openshift-serverless-1/serving-storage-version-migration-rhel8:1.3.0-3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Openshift Serveless 1.24Fixed in: openshift-serverless-1/serving-webhook-rhel8:1.3.0-3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Openshift Serveless 1.24Fixed in: openshift-serverless-1/svls-must-gather-rhel8:1.24.0-2
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Openshift Serveless 1.24Fixed in: openshift-serverless-1-tech-preview/eventing-kafka-broker-controller-rhel8:1.3.2-2
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Openshift Serveless 1.24Fixed in: openshift-serverless-1-tech-preview/eventing-kafka-broker-dispatcher-rhel8:1.3.2-2
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Openshift Serveless 1.24Fixed in: openshift-serverless-1-tech-preview/eventing-kafka-broker-receiver-rhel8:1.3.2-2
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Openshift Serveless 1.24Fixed in: openshift-serverless-1-tech-preview/eventing-kafka-broker-webhook-rhel8:1.3.2-2
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Openshift Serverless 1 on RHEL 8Fixed in: openshift-serverless-clients-0:1.3.1-4.el8
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.8Fixed in: openshift-gitops-kam-0:1.8.3-6.el8
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.9Fixed in: openshift-gitops-kam-0:1.9.0-102.el8
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHEL-8-CNV-4.10Fixed in: container-native-virtualization/virt-api:v4.10.5-3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHEL-8-CNV-4.10Fixed in: container-native-virtualization/virt-artifacts-server:v4.10.5-3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHEL-8-CNV-4.10Fixed in: container-native-virtualization/virt-controller:v4.10.5-3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHEL-8-CNV-4.10Fixed in: container-native-virtualization/virt-handler:v4.10.5-3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHEL-8-CNV-4.10Fixed in: container-native-virtualization/virt-launcher:v4.10.5-3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHEL-8-CNV-4.10Fixed in: container-native-virtualization/virt-operator:v4.10.5-3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHEL-8-CNV-4.9Fixed in: container-native-virtualization/cluster-network-addons-operator:v4.9.7-4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHEL-8-CNV-4.9Fixed in: container-native-virtualization/hostpath-provisioner-rhel8:v4.9.7-3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHEL-8-CNV-4.9Fixed in: container-native-virtualization/hostpath-provisioner-rhel8-operator:v4.9.7-4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHEL-8-CNV-4.9Fixed in: container-native-virtualization/hyperconverged-cluster-webhook-rhel8:v4.9.7-4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHEL-8-CNV-4.9Fixed in: container-native-virtualization/kubemacpool:v4.9.7-4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHEL-8-CNV-4.9Fixed in: container-native-virtualization/kubevirt-ssp-operator:v4.9.7-4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHEL-8-CNV-4.9Fixed in: container-native-virtualization/kubevirt-vmware:v4.9.7-2
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHEL-8-CNV-4.9Fixed in: container-native-virtualization/libguestfs-tools:v4.9.7-5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHEL-8-CNV-4.9Fixed in: container-native-virtualization/node-maintenance-operator:v4.9.7-4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHEL-8-CNV-4.9Fixed in: container-native-virtualization/virt-cdi-cloner:v4.9.7-3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHEL-8-CNV-4.9Fixed in: container-native-virtualization/vm-import-virtv2v-rhel8:v4.9.7-4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Openshift Serveless 1.24Fixed in: openshift-serverless-1/eventing-mtchannel-broker-rhel8:1.3.2-3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Cryostat 2 on RHEL 8Fixed in: cryostat-tech-preview/cryostat-grafana-dashboard-rhel8:2.2.0-14
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Cryostat 2 on RHEL 8Fixed in: cryostat-tech-preview/cryostat-operator-bundle:2.2.1-8
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Cryostat 2 on RHEL 8Fixed in: cryostat-tech-preview/cryostat-reports-rhel8:1.1.1-9
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Cryostat 2 on RHEL 8Fixed in: cryostat-tech-preview/cryostat-rhel8:2.2.1-8
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Cryostat 2 on RHEL 8Fixed in: cryostat-tech-preview/cryostat-rhel8-operator:2.2.1-11
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Cryostat 2 on RHEL 8Fixed in: cryostat-tech-preview/jfr-datasource-rhel8:2.2.0-14
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Openshift Serveless 1.24Fixed in: openshift-serverless-1/client-kn-rhel8:1.3.1-4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Openshift Serveless 1.24Fixed in: openshift-serverless-1/eventing-apiserver-receive-adapter-rhel8:1.3.2-3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Openshift Serveless 1.24Fixed in: openshift-serverless-1/eventing-controller-rhel8:1.3.2-3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Openshift Serveless 1.24Fixed in: openshift-serverless-1/eventing-in-memory-channel-controller-rhel8:1.3.2-3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Openshift Serveless 1.24Fixed in: openshift-serverless-1/eventing-in-memory-channel-dispatcher-rhel8:1.3.2-3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Openshift Serveless 1.24Fixed in: openshift-serverless-1/eventing-kafka-broker-controller-rhel8:1.3.2-2
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Openshift Serveless 1.24Fixed in: openshift-serverless-1/eventing-kafka-broker-dispatcher-rhel8:1.3.2-2
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Openshift Serveless 1.24Fixed in: openshift-serverless-1/eventing-kafka-broker-post-install-rhel8:1.3.2-2
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redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat 3scale API Management Platform 2Fixed in: 3scale-rhel7-operator
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: OpenShift ServerlessFixed in: knative-eventing
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: OpenShift ServerlessFixed in: CLI
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization 4Fixed in: kubevirt
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: OpenShift Developer Tools and ServicesFixed in: helm
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11Fixed in: golang-github-openshift-oauth-proxy
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4Fixed in: atomic-enterprise-service-catalog
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4Fixed in: atomic-openshift-service-idler
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4Fixed in: machine-config-daemon
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4Fixed in: openshift
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4Fixed in: openshift-clients
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11Fixed in: atomic-enterprise-service-catalog
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4Fixed in: mcg
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11Fixed in: ansible-service-broker
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2Fixed in: openshift-clients
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 1.2Fixed in: openshift-clients
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: OpenShift Developer Tools and ServicesFixed in: odo
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Openshift Container Storage 4Fixed in: mcg
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11Fixed in: atomic-openshift
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11Fixed in: atomic-openshift-descheduler
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11Fixed in: atomic-openshift-dockerregistry
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Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11Fixed in: atomic-openshift-service-idler

Vendor Advisories (4)

microsoft2024-Sep/CVE-2022-1996

CVE-2022-1996

Sep 10, 2024
microsoft2022-Jun/CVE-2022-1996Critical

Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key in emicklei/go-restful

Jun 14, 2022
goGHSA-r48q-9g5r-8q2hcritical

Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key in go-restful

Jun 9, 2022
redhatCVE-2022-1996Important

go-restful: Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key

Jun 8, 2022

References

github.com / emicklei/go-restful/commit/fd3c327a379ce08c68ef18765bdc925f5d9bad10
PatchThird Party Advisory
huntr.dev / bounties/be837427-415c-4d8c-808b-62ce20aa84f1
ExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/575BLJ3Y2EQBRNTFR2OSQQ6L2W6UCST3
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OBDD3Q23RCGAGHIXUCWBU6N3S4RNAKXB
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RQXU752ALW53OJAF5MG3WMR5CCZVLWW6
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SO5QC2JFW2PXBWAE27OYYYL5SPFUBHTY
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/W56PP46JVZEKCANBKXFKRVSBBRRMCY6V
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Z55VUVGO7E5PJFXIOVAY373NZRHBNCI5
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZGQKWD6SE75PFBPFVSZYAKAVXKBZXKWS
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZY2SLWOQR4ZURQ7UBRZ7JIX6H6F5JHJR
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20220923-0005
Third Party Advisory