CVE-2022-21822

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2022-03-17 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-770

Description

NVIDIA FLARE contains a vulnerability in the admin interface, where an un-authorized attacker can cause Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling, which may lead to cause system unavailable.

Affected products

NVIDIA Federated Learning Application Runtime Environment: before 2.0.16 — fixed in 2.0.16

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: NVIDIA Federated Learning Application Runtime Environment 2.0.16. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://github.com/NVIDIA/NVFlare/security/advisories/GHSA-jx8f-cpx7-fv47
https://github.com/NVIDIA/NVFlare/security/advisories/GHSA-jx8f-cpx7-fv47

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