CVE-2021-22570

medium
Published 2022-01-27 · Modified 2022-11-18
CVSS v3
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v2
VIR risk
5.5

Description

Moderate: protobuf security update

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
30%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: alma — https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2022-7970.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: alma — https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2022-7464.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2049429

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: alma — https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:7464

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-22570

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: rocky — https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2022:7970

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: rocky — https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2022:7464

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-22570.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: redhat — https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:7970

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
redhat rhel9fixed
suse slesaffected
rockylinux rocky8fixed
rockylinux rocky9fixed
debian debianbookwormfixed3.21.9-3
debian debianbullseyefixed3.12.4-1+deb11u1
debian debianforkyfixed3.21.9-3
debian debiansidfixed3.21.9-3
debian debiantrixiefixed3.21.9-3

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
nuget NuGetGoogle.Protobuf<3.15.03.15.0
php Packagistgoogle/protobuf<3.15.03.15.0
java Mavencom.google.protobuf:protobuf-java<3.15.03.15.0
golang Gogithub.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf<0.0.0-20210218195015-ae50d9b990250.0.0-20210218195015-ae50d9b99025
python PyPIprotobuf<3.15.03.15.0
golang Gogithub.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf>=0.0.0,<3.15.03.15.0

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.