CVE-2022-31779 | Improper HTTP/2 scheme and method validation

Improper Input Validation vulnerability in HTTP/2 header parsing of Apache Traffic Server allows an attacker to smuggle requests. This issue affects Apache Traffic Server 8.0.0 to 9.1.2.

Published: 2022-08-10 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2022-31779 is rated Moderate Risk (55.9/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.89%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-31779

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 2.85% 1.89% -0.96%
2 2026-05-29 3.45% 2.85% -0.60%
3 2026-05-26 — 3.45% —

Full EPSS history (19 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-31779

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]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-31779

OS Trackers for CVE-2022-31779

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2022-31779 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (trafficserver), 3 status rows across 3 suites (bookworm, bullseye, sid): resolved 3. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-31779
ubuntu medium CVE-2022-31779 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (trafficserver), 13 status rows across 13 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): not-affected 6, needs-triage 4, ignored 2, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-31779

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-31779

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
apache traffic_server >= 8.0.0, <= 8.1.4 cpe:2.3:a:apache:traffic_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache traffic_server >= 9.0.0, <= 9.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:apache:traffic_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 11.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 35 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 36 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2022-31779

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