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CVE-2022-23492

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-23492 describes a resource exhaustion vulnerability in go-libp2p versions 0.18.0 and older, impacting the official libp2p implementation in Go. An unauthenticated attacker can remotely trigger excessive memory allocation, leading to denial of service as the host operating system terminates the affected process. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, resulting in a complete loss of availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 0.18.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:protocol:libp2p:*:*:*:*:*:go:*:*

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
0.97%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
58.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0097 is in the 33rd percentile among its peer group of 51,551 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)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/libp2p/go-libp2pFixed in: 0.18.0

Vendor Advisories (1)

goGHSA-j7qp-mfxf-8xjwhigh

libp2p DoS vulnerability from lack of resource management

Dec 7, 2022

References

docs.libp2p.io / reference/dos-mitigation
Vendor Advisory
github.com / libp2p/go-libp2p/commit/15d7dfbf54264ead8e6f49ca658d79c90635e2de
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / libp2p/go-libp2p/security/advisories/GHSA-j7qp-mfxf-8xjw
MitigationThird Party Advisory