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CVE-2022-2385

HIGH

CVE-2022-2385 is a high-severity (CVSS 8.1) Improper Input Validation vulnerability in sigs.k8s.io/aws-iam-authenticator. O3 Security confirms whether CVE-2022-2385 is actually reachable in your code before you act, and blocks exploitation at runtime until you patch.

AccessKeyID validation bypass

Also known asGHSA-pp3f-98qg-5g75GO-2022-0547
Published
Jul 12, 2022
Updated
Jul 15, 2026
Affected
1 pkg
Patched
1 / 1
Exploits
None indexed

Real-World Exposure

1 pkg affected
🐹sigs.k8s.io/aws-iam-authenticator

Real-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects Go packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.

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 Packages

1 total 1 fixed
EcosystemPackageVulnerable rangeFix
🐹Gosigs.k8s.io/aws-iam-authenticatorall versions0.5.9

Detection & mitigation playbook

Open-source dependency
  1. Detect

    Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for sigs.k8s.io/aws-iam-authenticator. O3's reachability analysis confirms whether the vulnerable code path is actually invoked in your application, so you act on real exposure instead of every transitive match.

  2. Fix

    Update sigs.k8s.io/aws-iam-authenticator to 0.5.9 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2022-2385 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.

  3. Workarounds

    If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.

  4. How O3 protects you

    O3 pinpoints whether CVE-2022-2385 is reachable in your code and exactly where to fix it, then blocks exploitation in production at runtime until the patched version is deployed.

Tailored to CVE-2022-2385. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.

Frequently Asked Questions

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.
O3 Security · Impact-Aware SCA

Is CVE-2022-2385 in your dependencies?

O3 detects CVE-2022-2385 across Go dependencies and uses function-level reachability to confirm whether the vulnerable code path is actually reachable — not just present. No false positives.