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CVE-2022-2582

Exposure of unencrypted plaintext hash in github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go

Published: Dec 27, 2022Updated: Apr 11, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSACWE-326
4.3MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.5%
Top 60.6%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
Not available

Description

The AWS S3 Crypto SDK sends an unencrypted hash of the plaintext alongside the ciphertext as a metadata field. This hash can be used to brute force the plaintext, if the hash is readable to the attacker. AWS now blocks this metadata field, but older SDK versions still send it.

No summary for this CVE yet.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:LUI:NS:UC:LI:NA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:LConfidentiality
Low
I:NIntegrity
None
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-326

Affected Products

github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go
commercialaka aws sdk go, aws-sdk-go
github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/s3/s3cryptoLibrary
OSS Libraries / generic-library
Go
package-ecosystem
github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go
OSS Libraries
amazon
commercial·US
aws software development kitSaaSLibrary
Cloud & SaaS / api-gateway

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

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MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Credential Access
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References

https://github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/commit/35fa6ddf45c061e0f08d3a3b5119f8f4da38f6d1
github.com
https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2022-0391
pkg.go.dev
https://github.com/google/security-research/security/advisories/GHSA-76wf-9vgp-pj7w
github.com
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