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CVE-2022-29226

30
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-29226 is a critical vulnerability affecting Envoy proxy versions prior to 1.22.1. The OAuth filter implementation fails to validate access tokens, allowing unauthorized access if any access token is present in a request, even without a full authentication flow. Rated with a CVSS score of 9.1 (CRITICAL), this vulnerability has a network attack vector, low attack complexity, and can lead to high confidentiality and integrity impacts without user interaction. There is no known active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or Metasploit/Nuclei modules. However, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness among security researchers.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.22.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:envoyproxy:envoy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

10.0CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.8
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.24%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
66.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0124 is in the 52nd percentile among its peer group of 36,897 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 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
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: OpenShift Service Mesh 2.1Fixed in: servicemesh-proxy-0:2.1.3-1.el8
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2022-29226Critical

envoy: oauth filter allows trivial bypass

Jun 9, 2022

References

github.com / envoyproxy/envoy/commit/7ffda4e809dec74449ebc330cebb9d2f4ab61360
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / envoyproxy/envoy/security/advisories/GHSA-h45c-2f94-prxh
Third Party Advisory