CVE-2022-35241 NGINX Instance Manager vulnerability CVE-2022-35241
Attackers can cause disk resource exhaustion in NGINX Instance Manager via undisclosed requests, leading to denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-35241?
CVE-2022-35241 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in F5 NGINX Instance Manager, published on 4 Aug 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In versions 2.x before 2.3.1 and all versions of 1.x, when NGINX Instance Manager is in use, undisclosed requests can cause an increase in disk resource utilization. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.
Weakness: CWE-400
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-35241?
It affects 1 product.
Products include F5 Nginx Instance Manager.
How do I fix CVE-2022-35241?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-35241 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2022-35241 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-35241 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-cxjf-pr27-7q48.