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CVE-2022-31020

28
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-31020 is a critical remote code execution vulnerability affecting Indy Node versions 1.12.4 and prior, a distributed ledger for decentralized identity. An improperly authenticated attacker can exploit a flaw in the 'pool-upgrade' request handler to execute arbitrary code on network nodes. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a severe risk with low attack complexity and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, though a patch is available in Indy Node 1.12.5.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.12.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:indy-node:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.74%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
75.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0174 is in the 73rd percentile among its peer group of 17,844 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: indy-nodeFixed in: 1.12.5rc1

Vendor Advisories (1)

pipGHSA-r6v9-p59m-gj2phigh

Indy's NODE_UPGRADE transaction vulnerable to remote code execution

Sep 2, 2022

References

github.com / hyperledger/indy-node/commit/fe507474f77084faef4539101e2bbb4d508a97f5
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / hyperledger/indy-node/releases/tag/v1.12.5
Release NotesThird Party Advisory
github.com / hyperledger/indy-node/security/advisories/GHSA-r6v9-p59m-gj2p
Third Party Advisory