CVE-2022-2385
AccessKeyID validation bypass
HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: July 12, 2022 at 02:25 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:41 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorAWS IAM Authenticator
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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
Description
A security issue was discovered in aws-iam-authenticator where an allow-listed IAM identity may be able to modify their username and escalate privileges.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Affected range stops below 0.5.9, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below v0.5.9, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (2)
x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/aws-iam-authenticator/issues/472x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://groups.google.com/a/kubernetes.io/g/dev/c/EMxHpU-1ZYsCVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20NVD-CWE-noinfo
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