THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2022-23837
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2022-23837

Sidekiq vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
5.3%
EPSS pct
92th
Exploited
No known
In api.rb in Sidekiq before 5.2.10 and 6.4.0, there is no limit on the number of days when requesting stats for the graph. This overloads the system, affecting the Web UI, and makes it unavailable to users.
Affected vendor
Contribsys
Affected product
Sidekiq
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Published
2022-01-21

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 5.3% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 92% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2022-23837

  • Confirm whether Contribsys Sidekiq is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2022-23837.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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