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Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2022-3172

A security issue was discovered in kube-apiserver that allows an aggregated API server to redirect client traffic to any URL. This could lead to the client performing unexpected actions as well as forwarding the client's API server credentials to third parties.

Products
kubernetes
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
1.20.5+really1.20.2-1
CVEs
CVE-2022-3172
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
30 Oct 2026, 15:20 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2022-3172

core-osv · Original source

Published 3 Nov 2023, 20:15 UTC

A security issue was discovered in kube-apiserver that allows an aggregated API server to redirect client traffic to any URL. This could lead to the client performing unexpected actions as well as forwarding the client's API server credentials to third parties.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2022-3172

kubernetes

Fixed versions: 1.20.5+really1.20.2-1

kubernetes

Fixed versions: 1.20.5+really1.20.2-1

kubernetes

Fixed versions: 1.20.5+really1.20.2-1

Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2022-3172",
  "method": "structured",
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    "evidence": "osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2022-3172",
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-15T08:02:52.900277277Z",
      "provider": "osv",
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      ]
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  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 324481,
  "published_at": "2023-11-03T20:15:08.55+00:00"
}