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CVE-2022-2582
Exposure of unencrypted plaintext hash in github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go
Medium4.3EPSS 0.51%
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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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | Medium4.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium4.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.51% · top 56% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Weakness
- CWE 311: Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data
- CWE-326 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-326 and its CVEs
Affected products
github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go · github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/s3/s3crypto
- affected < 1.34.0
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Gogithub.com/aws/aws-sdk-goGHSA-6jvc-q2x7-pchv (opens in a new tab)
References (2)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-6jvc-q2x7-pchv (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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