CVE-2022-36023

Remote denial of service in Hyperledger Fabric Gateway

Description

Hyperledger Fabric is an enterprise-grade permissioned distributed ledger framework for developing solutions and applications. If a gateway client application sends a malformed request to a gateway peer it may crash the peer node. Version 2.4.6 checks for the malformed gateway request and returns an error to the gateway client. There are no known workarounds, users must upgrade to version 2.4.6.

Category

7.0
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
EPSS 0.22%
Third-Party Advisory github.com
Affected: hyperledger fabric
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://github.com/hyperledger/fabric/security/advisories/GHSA-qj6r-fhrc-jj5r third party advisory
https://github.com/hyperledger/fabric/releases/tag/v2.4.6 release notes
https://github.com/hyperledger/fabric/pull/3572 patch
https://github.com/hyperledger/fabric/pull/3576 patch
https://github.com/hyperledger/fabric/pull/3577 patch

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2022-36023?
CVE-2022-36023 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2022-36023?
To fix CVE-2022-36023, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2022-36023 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2022-36023 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
What software or system is affected by CVE-2022-36023?
CVE-2022-36023 affects hyperledger fabric.
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