# CVE-2022-39065: Denial of service in TRÅDFRI gateway system

> An attacker can send a malformed Zigbee frame to crash the IKEA TRÅDFRI gateway, preventing control of connected lights.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 14 Oct 2022
- **Updated:** 15 May 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-j9r7-xgvg-h2r5

## What is CVE-2022-39065?

CVE-2022-39065 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Ikea TRÅDFRI gateway system, published on 14 Oct 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A single malformed IEEE 802.15.4 (Zigbee) frame makes the TRÅDFRI gateway unresponsive, such that connected lighting cannot be controlled with the IKEA Home Smart app and TRÅDFRI remote control. The malformed Zigbee frame is an unauthenticated broadcast message, which means all vulnerable devices within radio range are affected. CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 6.5 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness: CWE-241 (Improper Handling of Unexpected Data Type)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-39065?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ikea Tradfri Gateway E1526 Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-39065?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-39065 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-39065 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-39065 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-39065 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-39065 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Ikea TRÅDFRI gateway system, published on 14 Oct 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-39065 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Ikea TRÅDFRI gateway system. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-39065/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-39065/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-39065
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-39065
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-39065

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-39065/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.