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CVE-2022-33991

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-33991 affects dproxy-nexgen, a DNS proxy and caching tool, by forwarding DNS queries with the "checking disabled" bit set, effectively bypassing DNSSEC protection from upstream resolvers. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.3 (Medium), indicating a low attack complexity and no user interaction required, with a potential impact of integrity loss (I:L). There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit codes or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:dproxy-nexgen_project:dproxy-nexgen:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.3MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.78%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
52.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0078 is in the 33rd percentile among its peer group of 23,705 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

sourceforge.net / projects/dproxy
Third Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2022/08/14/3
ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
usenix.org / conference/usenixsecurity22/presentation/jeitner
Third Party Advisory