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CVE-2022-3294

A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.

  • Published2023-03-01
  • Fixed in1.25.4 · 1.24.8 · 1.23.14 · 1.22.16
  • WeaknessCWE-20

Am I affected?

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Description

Users may have access to secure endpoints in the control plane network. Kubernetes clusters are only affected if an untrusted user can modify Node objects and send proxy requests to them. Kubernetes supports node proxying, which allows clients of kube-apiserver to access endpoints of a Kubelet to establish connections to Pods, retrieve container logs, and more. While Kubernetes already validates the proxying address for Nodes, a bug in kube-apiserver made it possible to bypass this validation. Bypassing this validation could allow authenticated requests destined for Nodes to to the API server's private network.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2023-03-0119:15CVE publishedNVD
  2. 2026-10-2319:23First public proof of conceptPoC-in-GitHub

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
  • Firewall list (EDL, text): https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2022-3294?format=txt
  • CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2022-3294?format=csv
  • TAXII collection of exploited CVEs
  • The EDL and CSV take an API key on the Pro plan.

Versions per branch

NVD · OSV
Kubernetes
BranchAffectedFixed in
1.25≥ 1.25.0, < 1.25.41.25.4
1.24≥ 1.24.0, < 1.24.81.24.8
1.23≥ 1.23.0, < 1.23.141.23.14
1.22< 1.22.161.22.16
1.22≥ 1.22.0, < 1.22.161.22.16

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

Fix

  1. Update Kubernetes to 1.25.4 · 1.24.8 · 1.23.14 · 1.22.16

Advisories and patches

Detection

read 2026-10-23 19:23 UTC
Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
1 repository, unverifiedarbaaz29/CVE-2022-3294
PoC-in-GitHub

Sources

  • CISA-ADPSSVC decisionnone2025-03-07
  • OpenCVESSVC decisionnone—
  • CNACVSS 3.16.6read 2026-10-23
  • NVDCVSS 3.18.8read 2026-10-23
  • CNAweakness (CWE)CWE-20read 2026-10-23
  • FIRST EPSSEPSS score1.6 %2026-10-23
  • PoC-in-GitHubproof of concept1read 2026-10-23
  • OSVaffected packages—

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2023-03-01
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Modified

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-3294?

Users may have access to secure endpoints in the control plane network. Kubernetes clusters are only affected if an untrusted user can modify Node objects and send proxy requests to them. Kubernetes supports node proxying, which allows clients of kube-apiserver to access endpoints of a Kubelet to establish connections to Pods, retrieve container logs, and more. While Kubernetes already validates the proxying address for Nodes, a bug in kube-apiserver made it possible to bypass this validation. Bypassing this validation could allow authenticated requests destined for Nodes to to the API server's private network.

Is CVE-2022-3294 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2022-3294 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 1.6% on 2026-10-23, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-3294?

CVE-2022-3294 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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