CVE-2022-1053

Keylime does not enforce that the agent registrar data is the same when the tenant uses it for validation of the EK and identity quote and the verifier for validating the integrity quote. This allows an attacker to use one AK, EK pair from a real TPM to pass EK validation and give the verifier an AK of a software TPM. A successful attack breaks the entire chain of trust because a not validated AK is used by the verifier. This issue is worse if the validation happens first and then the agent gets added to the verifier because the timing is easier and the verifier does not validate the regcount entry being equal to 1,

Published: 2022-05-06 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2022-1053 is rated Moderate Risk (60.7/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.31%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-1053

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.47% 1.31% +0.84%
2 2025-10-30 0.45% 0.47% +0.02%
3 2025-08-06 0.45%

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-1053

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.1 3.1 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
3.9 5.2 [email protected]
6.4 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
10.0 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-1053

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2022-1053

GHSA-jf66-3q76-h5p5 · Severity: critical · Ecosystem: pip — Tenant and Verifier might not use the same registrar data

OS Trackers for CVE-2022-1053

vendor priority summary link
suse critical CVE-2022-1053 severity critical: SUSE including 25 source package names (keylime-agent-6.3.2-150400.4.11.1, keylime-agent-6.4.0-1.1, …), 64 product×package rows across 8 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4, SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP5, … (8 product lines)): Fixed 64. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-1053/

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-1053

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
keylime keylime < 6.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:keylime:keylime:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 34 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 35 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 36 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2022-1053

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