CVE-2022-27191 — crypto
HIGHCVE-2022-27191 is a high-severity (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in golang.org/x/crypto. A fix is available for golang.org/x/crypto — see the affected versions and patch details below.
golang.org/x/crypto/ssh Denial of service via crafted Signer
EPSS Exploitation Probability
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) is a daily probability model maintained by FIRST.org. It estimates the likelihood a CVE will be exploited in production environments within the next 30 days, derived from real-world threat intelligence signals.
How urgent is this, really
CVE-2022-27191 plotted by exploitation likelihood (EPSS) against impact (CVSS). The shaded corner — EPSS 50%+ and CVSS 7.0+ — is where this CVE doesn't sit, though severity or exploitability alone can still warrant action.
Where this sits among everything scored
Of 377,636 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the < 10% band (highlighted). Real counts from FIRST.org, not a sample — log-scaled since the landscape is heavily right-skewed.
Real-World Exposure
golang.org/x/cryptoReal-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
The golang.org/x/crypto/ssh package before 0.0.0-20220314234659-1baeb1ce4c0b for Go allows an attacker to crash a server in certain circumstances involving AddHostKey.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐹Go | golang.org/x/crypto | all versions | 0.0.0-20220314234659-1baeb1ce4c0bgo get golang.org/x/crypto@v0.0.0-20220314234659-1baeb1ce4c0b |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for golang.org/x/crypto, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update golang.org/x/crypto to 0.0.0-20220314234659-1baeb1ce4c0b or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2022-27191 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
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.
How O3 protects you
O3 Security's impact-aware SCA analyses which vulnerable code paths your application actually calls, so a match like CVE-2022-27191 can be triaged on real exposure rather than presence alone.
Tailored to CVE-2022-27191. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.
Fixing This On Your OS
If you run this on a Linux distribution, patch through your package manager against the distro's own security advisory below — it tracks the exact backported fix for your release, which can ship on a different timeline (and sometimes a different severity) than the upstream project.
In OpenShift Container Platform (OCP) the vulnerable golang.org/x/crypto/ssh package is bundled in many components. The affected code is in the SSH server portion that is not used, hence the impact by this vulnerability is reduced. Additionally the OCP installer components, that also bundle vulnerable…
| Product | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|
| OADP-1.1-RHEL-8 | oadp/oadp-velero-rhel8:1.1.1-20 | RHSA-2022:8634 |
| Openshift Serverless 1 on RHEL 8 | openshift-serverless-clients-0:1.5.0-3.el8 | RHSA-2022:8932 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | container-tools:rhel8-8070020220929222448.39077419 | RHSA-2022:7457 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | container-tools:4.0-8070020220830101436.39077419 | RHSA-2022:7469 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | podman-2:4.2.0-3.el9 | RHSA-2022:7954 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | buildah-1:1.27.0-2.el9 | RHSA-2022:8008 |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.11 | cri-o-0:1.24.1-11.rhaos4.11.gitb0d2ef3.el8 | RHSA-2022:5068 |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.11 | openshift4/ose-aws-ebs-csi-driver-rhel8:v4.11.0-202208020235.p0.g7564046.assembly.stream | RHSA-2022:5069 |
Frequently Asked Questions
Is CVE-2022-27191 in your dependencies?
O3 Security finds CVE-2022-27191 across Go dependencies, including transitive ones, and its impact-aware SCA ranks findings by whether your code actually calls the vulnerable path.