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CVE-2022-39272

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-39272 is a Denial of Service vulnerability affecting Flux, an open-source continuous delivery solution for Kubernetes, specifically versions prior to 0.35.0 of fluxcd flux2, helm-controller, image-automation-controller, image-reflector-controller, kustomize-controller, notification-controller, and source-controller. An authenticated attacker with permissions to modify Flux objects can provide invalid data to the .spec.interval or .spec.timeout fields, causing the entire object type to cease processing. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3 (Medium), indicating a low impact Denial of Service with low attack complexity and requiring low privileges. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 0.1.0, < 0.35.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:fluxcd:flux2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 0.0.2, < 0.24.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:fluxcd:helm-controller:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:fluxcd:helm-controller:0.0.1:alpha1:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:fluxcd:helm-controller:0.0.1:alpha2:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:fluxcd:helm-controller:0.0.1:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.0MEDIUM

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

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

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.61%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
45.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0061 is in the 56th 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 (14)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/fluxcd/source-controllerFixed in: 0.30.0
gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/fluxcd/kustomize-controllerFixed in: 0.29.0
gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/fluxcd/helm-controllerFixed in: 0.24.0
gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/fluxcd/notification-controllerFixed in: 0.27.0
gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/fluxcd/image-automation-controllerFixed in: 0.26.0
gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/fluxcd/image-reflector-controllerFixed in: 0.22.0
gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/fluxcd/flux2Fixed in: 0.35.0
gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/fluxcd/image-automation-controller/apiFixed in: 0.26.1
gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/fluxcd/image-reflector-controller/apiFixed in: 0.22.1
gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/fluxcd/kustomize-controller/apiFixed in: 0.30.0
gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/fluxcd/notification-controller/apiFixed in: 0.28.0
gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/fluxcd/source-controller/apiFixed in: 0.30.0
gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/fluxcd/helm-controller/apiFixed in: 0.26.0

Vendor Advisories (1)

goGHSA-f4p5-x4vc-mh4vmedium

Improper use of metav1.Duration allows for Denial of Service

Oct 19, 2022

References

github.com / fluxcd/flux2/security/advisories/GHSA-f4p5-x4vc-mh4v
Third Party Advisory
github.com / kubernetes/apimachinery/issues/131
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory