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CVE-2022-28131

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  • Published2022-08-10
  • Fixed in1.18.4 · 1.17.12
  • WeaknessCWE-674

Am I affected?

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Description

Uncontrolled recursion in Decoder.Skip in encoding/xml before Go 1.17.12 and Go 1.18.4 allows an attacker to cause a panic due to stack exhaustion via a deeply nested XML document.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2022-08-1020:15CVE publishedNVD

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 21:37 UTC
Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days
Block these indicators
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  • CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2022-28131?format=csv
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Versions per branch

NVD · OSV
Go
BranchAffectedFixed in
1.18≥ 1.18.0, < 1.18.41.18.4
1.18≥ 1.18.0-0, < 1.18.41.18.4
1.17< 1.17.121.17.12
Fedoraproject fedora
BranchAffectedFixed in
35.x= 35no fix published
Netapp cloud insights telegraf
BranchAffectedFixed in
—all versionsno fix published

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Distribution builds and vendor advisories

Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.

version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.

Packages

  • aardvark-dnsAlmaLinux:8all versions · fixed in 2:1.5.0-2.module_el8.8.0+3470+252b1910
  • buildahAlmaLinux:8all versions · fixed in 1.19.9-6.module_el8.7.0+3297+1eb250cfand 1 other package
  • buildahAlmaLinux:8all versions · fixed in 1:1.24.6-5.module_el8.8.0+3468+16b86c82and 1 other package
  • buildahAlmaLinux:8all versions · fixed in 1:1.29.1-1.module_el8.8.0+3470+252b1910and 1 other package
  • cockpit-podmanAlmaLinux:8all versions · fixed in 29-2.module_el8.6.0+2876+9ed4eae2
  • cockpit-podmanAlmaLinux:8all versions · fixed in 46-1.module_el8.7.0+3344+5bcd850f
  • cockpit-podmanAlmaLinux:8all versions · fixed in 63.1-1.module_el8.8.0+3557+7ba9cc13
  • conmonAlmaLinux:8all versions · fixed in 2:2.0.26-3.module_el8.7.0+3297+1eb250cf

66 more package ranges on OSV.dev

Vendor advisories

  • RHSA-2023:3642 Red Hat Product Security3 products fixed

    Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Ceph Storage 6.1 Container security and bug fix update

  • RHSA-2023:2802 Red Hat Product Security267 products fixed

    Red Hat Security Advisory: container-tools:4.0 security and bug fix update

  • RHSA-2023:2758 Red Hat Product Security261 products fixed

    Red Hat Security Advisory: container-tools:rhel8 security, bug fix, and enhancement update

  • RHSA-2023:1042 Red Hat Product Security1 product fixed

    Red Hat Security Advisory: Custom Metrics Autoscaler Operator for Red Hat OpenShift (with security updates)

  • RHSA-2023:0408 Red Hat Product Security1 product fixed

    Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift Virtualization 4.12.0 Images security update

  • RHSA-2023:0407 Red Hat Product Security6 products fixed

    Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift Virtualization 4.12.0 RPMs security update

17 more advisories

Full record on NVD

Fix

  1. Update Go to 1.18.4 · 1.17.12
  2. Vendor fix Red Hat Product Security RHSA-2023:3642 · 3 productsFor details on how to apply this update, see Upgrade a Red Hat Ceph Storage cluster using cephadm in the Red Hat Storage Ceph Upgrade Guide.(https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_ceph_storage)
  3. Vendor fix Red Hat Product Security RHSA-2023:2802 · 267 productsFor details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
  4. Vendor fix Red Hat Product Security RHSA-2023:1042 · 1 productBefore applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
  5. Vendor fix Red Hat Product Security RHSA-2023:0408 · 1 productBefore applying this update, you must apply all previously released errata relevant to your system. To apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
  6. Vendor fix Red Hat Product Security RHSA-2022:9047 · 1 productFor details on how to install and use MTC, refer to: https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/latest/migration_toolkit_for_containers/installing-mtc.html
  7. Vendor fix Red Hat Product Security RHSA-2022:6370 · 192 productsFor Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes, see the following documentation, which will be updated shortly for this release, for important instructions on installing this release: https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_advanced_cluster_management_for_kubernetes/2.6/html-…

Detection

Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
none listed
PoC-in-GitHub

Sources

  • NVDCVSS 3.17.5read 2026-10-23
  • NVDweakness (CWE)CWE-674read 2026-10-23
  • FIRST EPSSEPSS score2.4 %2026-10-23
  • OSVaffected packages—

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Published
2022-08-10
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Modified

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-28131?

Uncontrolled recursion in Decoder.Skip in encoding/xml before Go 1.17.12 and Go 1.18.4 allows an attacker to cause a panic due to stack exhaustion via a deeply nested XML document.

Is CVE-2022-28131 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2022-28131 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 2.4% on 2026-10-23, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-28131?

CVE-2022-28131 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

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