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CVE-2022-23593

Vulnerability in tensorflow (CVE-2022-23593)

Summary

Vulnerability in tensorflow (CVE-2022-23593). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Exploitable via simplifyBroadcast. Mitigation: upgrade to 2.8.0 or later.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

Impact

The simplifyBroadcast function in the MLIR-TFRT infrastructure in TensorFlow is vulnerable to a segfault (hence, denial of service), if called with scalar shapes.

  size_t maxRank = 0;
  for (auto shape : llvm::enumerate(shapes)) {
    auto found_shape = analysis.dimensionsForShapeTensor(shape.value());
    if (!found_shape) return {};
    shapes_found.push_back(*found_shape);
    maxRank = std::max(maxRank, found_shape->size());
  }   

  SmallVector
      joined_dimensions(maxRank);

If all shapes are scalar, then maxRank is 0, so we build an empty SmallVector.

Patches

We have patched the issue in GitHub commit 35f0fabb4c178253a964d7aabdbb15c6a398b69a.

The fix will be included in TensorFlow 2.8.0. This is the only affected version.

For more information

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Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) NVD GitHub Advisory OSV

Auto-generated summary

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2022-23593 has been found in tensorflow.
Attackers can target a specific entry point like simplifyBroadcast over the network to misuse the product.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: upgrade tensorflow to 2.8.0 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "tensorflow CVE-2022-23593" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2022-23593 (tensorflow) — CWE-754
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Attack surface: simplifyBroadcast / maxRank / SmallVector
Patched: 2.8.0 — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.

❓ What is the problem

A vulnerability (CWE-754) exists in tensorflow. Attackers reach the vulnerable code path via simplifyBroadcast without authentication.

📍 Affected scope

Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of tensorflow. Attack surface: simplifyBroadcast / maxRank / SmallVector.

🔥 Severity

Severity: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.

🔧 How to fix

Update to 2.8.0.

🛡️ Workaround

Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.

🔍 Detection

Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'tensorflow' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.

Response actions

Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order

  1. 1
    Identify exposure identify
    grep -r 'tensorflow' . | grep -v node_modules

    リポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で tensorflow を grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。

  2. 2
    Apply patch patch
    Upgrade tensorflow to 2.8.0

    ステージング環境で 2.8.0 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスを含めること。

  3. 3
    Post-deployment verification verify
    Confirm patched version is live in production

    パッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。

Affected packages

PyPI tensorflow
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"2.8.0-rc0"},{"fixed":"2.8.0"}]}]
PyPI tensorflow-cpu
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"2.8.0-rc0"},{"fixed":"2.8.0"}]}]
PyPI tensorflow-gpu
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"2.8.0-rc0"},{"fixed":"2.8.0"}]}]

References

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