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CVE-2022-23094

27
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-23094 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Libreswan versions 4.2 through 4.5, as well as various Debian and Fedora distributions utilizing these versions. A remote attacker can exploit this flaw by sending a crafted IKEv1 packet, leading to a NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network without authentication or user interaction, resulting in a complete loss of availability for the affected system. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 4.2, < 4.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libreswan:libreswan:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
34CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
35CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.70%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
84.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0270 is in the 72nd percentile among its peer group of 51,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: libreswan-0:4.4-4.el8_5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update SupportFixed in: libreswan-0:4.3-6.el8_4
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2022-23094Important

libreswan: Malicious IKEv1 packet can cause libreswan to restart

Jan 11, 2022

References

github.com / libreswan/libreswan/issues/585
ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
libreswan.org / security/CVE-2022-23094
Third Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HPMIHAXWQUJAPCIGNJ5J5Q6ASWQBU7T5
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UFZ7WP5LNNBW5ADIOPDSPQ23SXZJRNMP
debian.org / security/2022/dsa-5048
Third Party Advisory