CVE-2022-1259

A flaw was found in Undertow. A potential security issue in flow control handling by the browser over HTTP/2 may cause overhead or a denial of service in the server. This flaw exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2021-3629.

Published: 2022-08-31 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2022-1259 is rated Moderate Risk (52.3/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.44%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-1259

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 2026-05-24 0.27% 0.44% +0.17%
2 2026-02-07 0.24% 0.27% +0.03%
3 2026-01-19 — 0.24% —

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-1259

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H 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:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 3.9 3.6 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-1259

OS Trackers for CVE-2022-1259

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2022-1259 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (undertow), 2 status rows across 2 suites (forky, sid): resolved 2. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-1259
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-1259
ubuntu medium CVE-2022-1259 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (undertow), 13 status rows across 13 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): needs-triage 6, DNE 3, ignored 3, not-affected 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-1259

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-1259

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
redhat build_of_quarkus — cpe:2.3:a:redhat:build_of_quarkus:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat integration_camel_k — cpe:2.3:a:redhat:integration_camel_k:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat jboss_enterprise_application_platform 7.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat openshift_application_runtimes — cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_application_runtimes:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat single_sign-on 7.0 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:single_sign-on:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat undertow <= 2.2.17 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:undertow:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat undertow 2.2.18 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:undertow:2.2.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat undertow 2.2.19 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:undertow:2.2.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp active_iq_unified_manager — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager:-:*:*:*:*:linux:*:*
netapp active_iq_unified_manager — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager:-:*:*:*:*:vmware_vsphere:*:*
netapp active_iq_unified_manager — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager:-:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*
netapp cloud_secure_agent — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:cloud_secure_agent:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp oncommand_insight — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:oncommand_insight:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp oncommand_workflow_automation — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:oncommand_workflow_automation:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2022-1259

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