CVE-2022-27191

The golang.org/x/crypto/ssh package before 0.0.0-20220314234659-1baeb1ce4c0b for Go allows an attacker to crash a server in certain circumstances involving AddHostKey.

Published: 2022-03-18 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
View at NVD, CVE.org, EUVD

CVE-2022-27191 is rated Low Risk (36.8/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.09%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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-2022-27191

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 2.35% 0.09% -2.26%
2 2025-11-18 0.06% 2.35% +2.29%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.06% —

Full EPSS history (17 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-27191

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]
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-27191

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2022-27191

GHSA-8c26-wmh5-6g9v · Severity: high · Ecosystem: go — golang.org/x/crypto/ssh Denial of service via crafted Signer

OS Trackers for CVE-2022-27191

vendor priority summary link
alpine high CVE-2022-27191: 3 source package rows (coredns, git-lfs, go); 58 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 58, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2022-27191
debian not yet assigned CVE-2022-27191 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (golang-go.crypto), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 4, open 1. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-27191
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-27191
suse high — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-27191/
ubuntu medium CVE-2022-27191 medium priority: Ubuntu including 3 source packages (golang-go.crypto, lxd, snapd), 35 status rows across 14 suites (bionic, focal, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): not-affected 16, needs-triage 9, ignored 6, DNE 4. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-27191

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-27191

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
golang ssh < 0.0.0-20220314234659-1baeb1ce4c0b cpe:2.3:a:golang:ssh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject extra_packages_for_enterprise_linux 8.0 cpe:2.3:a:fedoraproject:extra_packages_for_enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat advanced_cluster_management_for_kubernetes 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:advanced_cluster_management_for_kubernetes:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2022-27191

URL Tags
https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/-cp44ypCT5s Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DLUJZV3HBP56ADXU6QH2V7RNYUPMVBXQ/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EZ3S7LB65N54HXXBCB67P4TTOHTNPP5O/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HHGBEGJ54DZZGTXFUQNS7ZIG3E624YAF/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/J5WPM42UR6XIBQNQPNQHM32X7S4LJTRX/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QTFOIDHQRGNI4P6LYN6ILH5G443RYYKB/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RQXU752ALW53OJAF5MG3WMR5CCZVLWW6/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YHYRQB7TRMHDB3NEHW5XBRG7PPMUTPGV/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Z55VUVGO7E5PJFXIOVAY373NZRHBNCI5/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZFUNHFHQVJSADNH7EZ3B53CYDZVEEPBP/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZQNPPQWSTP2IX7SHE6TS4SP4EVMI5EZK/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZY2SLWOQR4ZURQ7UBRZ7JIX6H6F5JHJR/
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220429-0002/ Third Party Advisory
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