In Fluent Bit 2.1.8 through 2.2.1, a NULL pointer dereference can be caused via an invalid HTTP payload with the content type of x-www-form-urlencoded. It crashes and does not restart. This could result in logs not being delivered properly.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2024-23722 is rated High Exploit Risk (71.6/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.88%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
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 | 2026-04-14 | 0.67% | 0.88% | +0.21% |
| 2 | 2025-05-15 | 0.63% | 0.67% | +0.04% |
| 3 | 2025-05-04 | — | 0.63% | — |
Full EPSS history (13 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 | 3.1 | HIGH |
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3.9 | 3.6 | 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2024-23722 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (netdata), 9 status rows across 9 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, upstream): not-affected 7, DNE 1, ignored 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-23722 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| treasuredata | fluent_bit | >= 2.1.8, < 2.2.2 | cpe:2.3:a:treasuredata:fluent_bit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/fluent/fluent-bit/compare/v2.2.1...v2.2.2 | Patch |
| https://medium.com/%40adurands82/fluent-bit-dos-vulnerability-cve-2024-23722-4e3e74af9d00 | Exploit Third Party Advisory |