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CVE-2022-24878

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-24878 is a path traversal vulnerability affecting Flux's kustomize-controller, specifically versions prior to v0.24.0, and flux2 prior to v0.29.0. An authenticated attacker can exploit this flaw by submitting a malicious kustomization.yaml file, leading to a Denial of Service at the controller level. Rated Medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability requires low privileges and network access, but no user interaction. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 0.29.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:fluxcd:flux2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 0.24.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:fluxcd:kustomize-controller:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.7HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.1
Impact Score
4.0
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.98%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
58.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0098 is in the 71st percentile among its peer group of 21,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/fluxcd/kustomize-controllerFixed in: 0.24.0
gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/fluxcd/flux2Fixed in: 0.29.0

Vendor Advisories (1)

goGHSA-7pwf-jg34-hxwphigh

Improper path handling in Kustomization files allows for denial of service

May 20, 2022

References

github.com / fluxcd/flux2/security/advisories/GHSA-7pwf-jg34-hxwp
Third Party Advisory