CVE-2022-3500

Attestation monitoring bypass via silent task termination

Published Nov 22, 2022 · Updated Apr 29, 2025

Uncaught exceptions in Keylime before 6.5.1 allow attackers controlling an agent to halt verifier checks while it remains attested. The asynchronous request wrapper in keylime/tornado_requests.py catches only several expected exception types and returns None for an empty response, so other transport failures escape or violate caller expectations and terminate polling without a database record or log entry. A rogue or failing agent must cause a transient network or recoverable device-driver failure path; only that agent's ongoing attestation is interrupted while its prior trusted state remains visible.

CVSS severity5.1
Medium
EPSS probability0.26%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Based on sourced intelligence
Hinoki checkNot available
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Summary

What happened

Uncaught exceptions in Keylime before 6.5.1 allow attackers controlling an agent to halt verifier checks while it remains attested. The asynchronous request wrapper in keylime/tornado_requests.py catches only several expected exception types and returns None for an empty response, so other transport failures escape or violate caller expectations and terminate polling without a database record or log entry. A rogue or failing agent must cause a transient network or recoverable device-driver failure path; only that agent's ongoing attestation is interrupted while its prior trusted state remains visible.

The record

CVE
CVE-2022-3500
Published
Nov 22, 2022
Updated
Apr 29, 2025
Vendor
Keylime
Product
Keylime
Classifications
CWE-248, T1562.001
Attack vector
local
Privileges
unauthenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Nov 22, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Apr 29, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=keylime 6.5.2

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesunauthenticated

What is affected?

Keylime · Keylimeversion=keylime 6.5.2

Published CVSS scores

5.1NVDCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
5.1CISA-ADP CNACVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
6.2SUSECVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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Attacks

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Sep 9, 2026Sep 15, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 15, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesunauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-248Uncaught Exception
T1562.001Impair Defenses: Disable or Modify Tools

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