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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2022-2255

high Nessus Plugin ID 229985

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Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

 - A vulnerability was found in mod_wsgi. The X-Client-IP header is not removed from a request from an untrusted proxy, allowing an attacker to pass the X-Client-IP header to the target WSGI application because the condition to remove it is missing. (CVE-2022-2255)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2022-2255

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 229985

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2022_2255.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/5/2025

Updated: 8/20/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-2255

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python39-mod_wsgi, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python39-mod_wsgi, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-mod_wsgi, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python38-mod_wsgi, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python38-mod_wsgi, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python3-mod_wsgi, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mod_wsgi, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mod_wsgi

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/25/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-2255