CVE-2022-31677
MEDIUMCVE-2022-31677 is a medium-severity (CVSS 4.9) CWE-613 vulnerability in go.pinniped.dev. O3 Security confirms whether CVE-2022-31677 is actually reachable in your code before you act, and blocks exploitation at runtime until you patch.
Pinniped Supervisor Insufficient Session Expiration vulnerability
Real-World Exposure
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Description
An Insufficient Session Expiration issue was discovered in the Pinniped Supervisor (before v0.19.0). A user authenticating to Kubernetes clusters via the Pinniped Supervisor could potentially use their access token to continue their session beyond what proper use of their refresh token might allow.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐹Go | go.pinniped.dev | ≥ 0.3.0&&< 0.19.0 | 0.19.0 |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for go.pinniped.dev. 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.
Fix
Update go.pinniped.dev to 0.19.0 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2022-31677 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 pinpoints whether CVE-2022-31677 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-2022-31677. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is CVE-2022-31677 in your dependencies?
O3 detects CVE-2022-31677 across Go dependencies and uses function-level reachability to confirm whether the vulnerable code path is actually reachable — not just present. No false positives.