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CVE-2022-2469

28
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-2469 describes a server-side read-out-of-bounds vulnerability in GNU SASL's libgsasl, affecting Debian GNU/Linux and GNU SASL. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 8.1) allows an authenticated GSS-API client to trigger the vulnerability over the network with low attack complexity, potentially leading to high confidentiality and availability impacts. While the vulnerability is significant, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or notable community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gnu_sasl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
11.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

3.8LOW

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
1.2
Impact Score
2.5
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.39%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
69.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0139 is in the 67th percentile among its peer group of 17,822 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2022-2469Moderate

libgsasl: Out of bounds read causes DoS

Jul 18, 2022

References

gitlab.com / gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2022/CVE-2022-2469.json
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
gitlab.com / gsasl/gsasl/-/commit/796e4197f696261c1f872d7576371232330bcc30
PatchThird Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2022/dsa-5189
Third Party Advisory