CVE-2022-3298
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in ikus060/rdiffweb
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in GitHub repository ikus060/rdiffweb prior to 2.4.8.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in ikus060/rdiffweb
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in GitHub repository ikus060/rdiffweb prior to 2.4.8.
- Record
CVE-2022-3298- CVSS 3.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-770
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-0242
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in GitHub repository ikus060/rdiffweb prior to 2.4.8.
- Record
EUVD-2022-0242- CVSS 3.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-xhw9-4wqq-x67v
rdiffweb vulnerable to potential DoS via memory consumption
rdiffweb prior to 2.4.8 is vulnerable to a potential Dos attack via an unlimited length "title" field when adding an SSH key. This can result in excess memory consumption, leading to a Denial of Service (DoS). This issue is patched in version 2.4.8. There are no known workarounds.
- Record
GHSA-xhw9-4wqq-x67v- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-770
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in GitHub repository ikus060/rdiffweb prior to 2.4.8.
- Record
CVE-2022-3298- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 3.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-770
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in ikus060/rdiffweb
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in GitHub repository ikus060/rdiffweb prior to 2.4.8.
- Record
CVE-2022-3298- CVSS 3.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-770
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-xhw9-4wqq-x67v
rdiffweb vulnerable to potential DoS via memory consumption
rdiffweb prior to 2.4.8 is vulnerable to a potential Dos attack via an unlimited length "title" field when adding an SSH key. This can result in excess memory consumption, leading to a Denial of Service (DoS). This issue is patched in version 2.4.8. There are no known workarounds.
- Record
GHSA-xhw9-4wqq-x67v- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-770
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVPYSEC-2022-294 No score
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in GitHub repository ikus060/rdiffweb prior to 2.4.8.
- Record
PYSEC-2022-294- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
rdiffwebPyPI |
before 2.4.8 | 2.4.8 |
rdiffwebPyPI |
before 2.4.8, plus listed versions 0.10.00.10.20.10.30.10.40.10.5 Show 45 moreShow less0.10.60.10.70.10.80.10.90.9.2.dev10.9.30.9.40.9.51.0.01.0.0a11.0.0a21.0.0a31.0.0a41.0.11.0.21.0.31.1.01.2.01.2.11.2.21.3.01.3.11.3.1b11.3.1b21.3.21.4.01.4.0b11.4.0b21.4.0b31.4.0b41.4.0b51.4.1b11.4.1b21.4.1b31.5.01.5.1b11.5.1b21.6.0b12.0.1b22.0.1b32.0.22.0.3a12.0.3a22.0.3a32.0.3a4 |
2.4.8 |
rdiffwebPyPI |
before 2.4.8, plus listed versions 0.10.00.10.20.10.30.10.40.10.5 Show 45 moreShow less0.10.60.10.70.10.80.10.90.9.2.dev10.9.30.9.40.9.51.0.01.0.0a11.0.0a21.0.0a31.0.0a41.0.11.0.21.0.31.1.01.2.01.2.11.2.21.3.01.3.11.3.1b11.3.1b21.3.21.4.01.4.0b11.4.0b21.4.0b31.4.0b41.4.0b51.4.1b11.4.1b21.4.1b31.5.01.5.1b11.5.1b21.6.0b12.0.1b22.0.1b32.0.22.0.3a12.0.3a22.0.3a32.0.3a4 |
2.4.8 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2022-3298 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) in Ikus-soft Rdiffweb, published September 26, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.15%, the 67th percentile. Fixed in rdiffweb 2.4.8.
References
huntr.dev/bounties/f9fedf94-41c9-49c4-8552-e407123a44e7
github.com/ikus060/rdiffweb/commit/626cca1b75b6c587afd4241a9692e8929b1921a5
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-3298
Left out here: 71 versions. The JSON record has them.