CVE-2022-38178Memory leaks in EdDSA DNSSEC verification code
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 3.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 12% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
By spoofing the target resolver with responses that have a malformed EdDSA signature, an attacker can trigger a small memory leak. It is possible to gradually erode available memory to the point where named crashes for lack of resources.
Timeline
ID reserved
By isc
- 40 days later
· 40 days later
Published
- 3 years later
· 3 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| iscCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.1% · top 12% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
- affected Open Source Branch 9.9 9.9.12 through versions up to and including 9.9.13
- affected Open Source Branch 9.10 9.10.7 through versions up to and including 9.10.8
- affected Open Source Branches 9.11 through 9.16 9.11.3 through versions before 9.16.33
- affected Open Source Branch 9.18 9.18.0 through versions before 9.18.7
- affected Supported Preview Branch 9.11-S 9.11.4-S1 through versions up to and including 9.11.37-S1
- affected Supported Preview Branch 9.16-S 9.16.8-S1 through versions before 9.16.33-S1
- affected Development Branch 9.19 9.19.0 through versions before 9.19.5
What to do
Solution: Upgrade to the patched release most closely related to your current version of BIND: BIND 9.16.33, BIND 9.18.7, BIND 9.19.5, or for BIND Supported Preview Edition (a special feature preview branch of BIND provided to eligible ISC support customers): BIND 9.16.33-S1.
Workaround: Disable the following algorithms in your configuration using the disable-algorithms option: ED25519, ED448. Note that this causes zones signed with these algorithms to be treated as insecure.
Exploitation: This flaw was discovered in internal testing. We are not aware of any active exploits.
References
References9
- https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2022-38178 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- [oss-security] 20220921 ISC has disclosed six vulnerabilities in BIND (CVE-2022-2795, CVE-2022-2881, CVE-2022-2906, CVE-2022-3080, CVE-2022-38177, CVE-2022-38178) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- DSA-5235 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- FEDORA-2022-ef038365de (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- FEDORA-2022-8268735e06 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- FEDORA-2022-b197d64471 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20221005 [SECURITY] [DLA 3138-1] bind9 security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- GLSA-202210-25 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221228-0009/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2022-40774 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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