CVE-2022-23551

Name: CVE-2022-23551
Creator: NVD / NIST
Published: 2022-12-21T20:15:09.49+00:00
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

MEDIUMCVSS 5.3/10EPSS 0.71%

Last modified Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2022-23551 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 5.3/10 on the CVSS scale. aad-pod-identity assigns Azure Active Directory identities to Kubernetes applications and has now been deprecated as of 24 October 2022. The NMI component in AAD Pod Identity intercepts and validates token requests based on regex. EPSS estimates a 0.71% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Description

aad-pod-identity assigns Azure Active Directory identities to Kubernetes applications and has now been deprecated as of 24 October 2022. The NMI component in AAD Pod Identity intercepts and validates token requests based on regex. In this case, a token request made with backslash in the request (example: `/metadata/identity\oauth2\token/`) would bypass the NMI validation and be sent to IMDS allowing a pod in the cluster to access identities that it shouldn't have access to. This issue has been fixed and has been included in AAD Pod Identity release version 1.8.13. If using the AKS pod-managed identities add-on, no action is required. The clusters should now be running the version 1.8.13 release.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1

5.3/10

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L

EPSS Probability

0.71%

48.8th percentile

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. Learn more

Weakness Enumeration

Affected Software

Vendor	Product	Versions
Microsoft	Azure Ad Pod Identity	< 1.8.13

References

https://github.com/Azure/aad-pod-identity/commit/7e01970391bde6c360d077066ca17d059204cb5dPatch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/Azure/aad-pod-identity/releases/tag/v1.8.13Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/Azure/aad-pod-identity/security/advisories/GHSA-p82q-rxpm-hjpcThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/Azure/aad-pod-identity/commit/7e01970391bde6c360d077066ca17d059204cb5dPatch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/Azure/aad-pod-identity/releases/tag/v1.8.13Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/Azure/aad-pod-identity/security/advisories/GHSA-p82q-rxpm-hjpcThird Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Dec 21, 2022
Last Modified: Jun 17, 2026
Status: Modified

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2022-23551?

How severe is CVE-2022-23551?

CVE-2022-23551 has a CVSS score of 5.3/10 (MEDIUM severity). The EPSS model estimates a 0.71% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2022-23551?

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Source: NVD / NIST