CVE-2022-21707
Incorrect Authorization in wasmCloud
wasmCloud Host Runtime is a server process that securely hosts and provides dispatch for web assembly (WASM) actors and capability providers. In versions prior to 0.52.2 actors can bypass capability authorization. Actors are normally required to declare their capabilities for inbound invocations, but with this vulnerability actor capability claims are not verified upon receiving invocations. This compromises the security model for actors as they can receive unauthorized invocations from linked capability providers. The problem has been patched in versions 0.52.2 and greater. There is no workaround and users are advised to upgrade to an unaffected version as soon as possible.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Incorrect Authorization in wasmCloud
wasmCloud Host Runtime is a server process that securely hosts and provides dispatch for web assembly (WASM) actors and capability providers. In versions prior to 0.52.2 actors can bypass capability authorization. Actors are normally required to declare their capabilities for inbound invocations, but with this vulnerability actor capability claims are not verified upon receiving invocations. This compromises the security model for actors as they can receive unauthorized invocations from linked capability providers. The problem has been patched in versions 0.52.2 and greater. There is no workaround and users are advised to upgrade to an unaffected version as soon as possible.
- Record
CVE-2022-21707- CVSS 3.1
- 6.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-863
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-26896
wasmCloud Host Runtime is a server process that securely hosts and provides dispatch for web assembly (WASM) actors and capability providers. In versions prior to 0.52.2 actors can bypass capability authorization. Actors are normally required to declare their capabilities for inbound invocations, but with this vulnerability actor capability claims are not verified upon receiving invocations. This compromises the security model for actors as they can receive unauthorized invocations from linked capability providers. The problem has been patched in versions 0.52.2 and greater. There is no workaround and users are advised to upgrade to an unaffected version as soon as possible.
- Record
EUVD-2022-26896- CVSS 3.1
- 6.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
wasmCloud Host Runtime is a server process that securely hosts and provides dispatch for web assembly (WASM) actors and capability providers. In versions prior to 0.52.2 actors can bypass capability authorization. Actors are normally required to declare their capabilities for inbound invocations, but with this vulnerability actor capability claims are not verified upon receiving invocations. This compromises the security model for actors as they can receive unauthorized invocations from linked capability providers. The problem has been patched in versions 0.52.2 and greater. There is no workaround and users are advised to upgrade to an unaffected version as soon as possible.
- Record
CVE-2022-21707- CVSS 3.1
- 6.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N - CVSS 3.1
- 8.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 5.5 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-863, CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Incorrect Authorization in wasmCloud
wasmCloud Host Runtime is a server process that securely hosts and provides dispatch for web assembly (WASM) actors and capability providers. In versions prior to 0.52.2 actors can bypass capability authorization. Actors are normally required to declare their capabilities for inbound invocations, but with this vulnerability actor capability claims are not verified upon receiving invocations. This compromises the security model for actors as they can receive unauthorized invocations from linked capability providers. The problem has been patched in versions 0.52.2 and greater. There is no workaround and users are advised to upgrade to an unaffected version as soon as possible.
- Record
CVE-2022-21707- CVSS 3.1
- 6.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-863
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2022-21707 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.3) in Wasmcloud Host Runtime, published January 21, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.82%, the 57th percentile. No source names a fixed version.