etcd denial of service vulnerability

HIGH 7.5CVE-2022-34038 · GHSA-65rp-cv85-263x · Published 22/08/2023 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2022-34038 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability affecting go.etcd.io/etcd/v3, etcd (etcd).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.8%, higher than 77.9% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 3.5.5 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
go.etcd.io/etcd/v3 Go	`< 3.5.5`	`3.5.5`
etcd etcd	`= 3.5.4`	No fix yet

Description

Etcd v3.5.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via function PageWriter.write in pagewriter.go

NVD description

Etcd v3.5.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via function PageWriter.write in pagewriter.go. NOTE: the vendor's position is that this is not a vulnerability.

References

nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-34038 · ADVISORY
golang/vulndb · WEB
etcd-io/etcd#14022 · WEB
etcd-io/etcd#14452 · WEB
etcd-io/etcd commit 5a315ef · WEB
etcd-io/etcd · PACKAGE
go-review.googlesource.com/c/vulndb/+/524456 · WEB
go-review.googlesource.com/c/vulndb/+/524456/2/data/excluded/GO-2023-2016.yaml · WEB

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

go.etcd.io/etcd/v3

< 3.5.5

3.5.5

etcd

= 3.5.4

No fix yet

Description

Etcd v3.5.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via function PageWriter.write in pagewriter.go

NVD description

Etcd v3.5.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via function PageWriter.write in pagewriter.go. NOTE: the vendor's position is that this is not a vulnerability.

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