VDB-206130 · CVE-2022-28131 · EUVD-2022-32613

Google Go up to 1.17.11/1.18.3 XML Document Decoder.Skip recursion

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Google Go up to 1.17.11/1.18.3. Affected by this issue is the function Decoder.Skip of the component XML Document Handler. The manipulation results in recursion. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2022-28131. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Google Go up to 1.17.11/1.18.3 (Programming Language Software). Affected is the function Decoder.Skip of the component XML Document Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a recursion vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-674. The product does not properly control the amount of recursion that takes place, consuming excessive resources, such as allocated memory or the program stack. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

Uncontrolled recursion in Decoder.Skip in encoding/xml before Go 1.17.12 and Go 1.18.4 allows an attacker to cause a panic due to stack exhaustion via a deeply nested XML document.

The weakness was published 08/11/2022. The advisory is available at go.dev. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2022-28131 since 03/29/2022. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1499 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 211529 (Oracle Linux 9 : grafana (ELSA-2024-9115)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 1.17.12 or 1.18.4 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (211529), EUVD (EUVD-2022-32613) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2022-0879). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Affected

Amazon Linux 2
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
SUSE Linux
Oracle Linux
Red Hat OpenShift
Gentoo Linux
RESF Rocky Linux

Productinfo

Type

Programming Language Software

Vendor

Google

Name

Version

License

open-source

Website

Vendor: https://www.google.com/

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.3

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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NVD Base Score: 7.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Recursion
CWE: CWE-674 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 211529
Nessus Name: Oracle Linux 9 : grafana (ELSA-2024-9115)

Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Upgrade: Go 1.17.12/1.18.4

Timelineinfo

03/29/2022 🔍
08/11/2022 +135 days 🔍
08/11/2022 +0 days 🔍
05/16/2026 +1374 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com

Advisory: go.dev
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-28131 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-28131
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-206130
EUVD: 🔍
CERT Bund: WID-SEC-2022-0879 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux: Mehrere Schwachstellen

Entryinfo

Created: 08/11/2022 10:10
Updated: 05/16/2026 12:50
Changes: 08/11/2022 10:10 (42), 09/10/2022 06:08 (11), 11/20/2024 10:36 (16), 11/30/2025 10:24 (7), 05/16/2026 12:50 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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