CVE-2022-23773

cmd/go in Go before 1.16.14 and 1.17.x before 1.17.7 can misinterpret branch names that falsely appear to be version tags. This can lead to incorrect access control if an actor is supposed to be able to create branches but not tags.

Published: 2022-02-11 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2022-23773 is rated Low Risk (36.4/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.07%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-23773

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 2025-11-21 0.98% 0.07% -0.92%
2 2025-11-18 0.11% 0.98% +0.87%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.11% —

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-23773

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: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:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful 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 3.6 [email protected]
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-23773

OS Trackers for CVE-2022-23773

vendor priority summary link
alpine high CVE-2022-23773: 1 source package rows (go); 47 state rows across 7 repos (3.17-community, 3.18-community, 3.19-community, 3.20-community, 3.21-community, 3.22-community, edge-community); fixed 7, open 40. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2022-23773
debian not yet assigned CVE-2022-23773 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (golang-1.15), 1 status rows across 1 suites (bullseye): resolved 1. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-23773
gentoo high CVE-2022-23773: 1 GLSA(s) (202208-02), 1 atom(s) (dev-lang/go); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2022-23773
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-23773
suse medium CVE-2022-23773 severity moderate: SUSE including 24 source package names (1.0.1-build4.16.1:go1.16-1.16.14-1.43.1, 1.16-13.3:go1.16-1.16.14-1.43.1, …), 114 product×package rows across 21 product lines (Container bci/golang, Container trento/trento-runner, … (21 product lines)): Fixed 114. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-23773/
ubuntu medium CVE-2022-23773 medium priority: Ubuntu including 10 source packages (golang, golang-1.10, …), 132 status rows across 14 suites (bionic, focal, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 101, needs-triage 24, ignored 7. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-23773

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-23773

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
golang go < 1.16.14 cpe:2.3:a:golang:go:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
golang go >= 1.17.0, < 1.17.7 cpe:2.3:a:golang:go:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp beegfs_csi_driver — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:beegfs_csi_driver:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp cloud_insights_telegraf_agent — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:cloud_insights_telegraf_agent:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp kubernetes_monitoring_operator — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:kubernetes_monitoring_operator:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp storagegrid — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:storagegrid:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2022-23773

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