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CVE-2022-31149 (GCVE-0-2022-31149)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-09-07 13:50 – Updated: 2025-04-22 17:24
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
ActivityWatch vulnerable to DNS rebinding attack
Summary
ActivityWatch open-source automated time tracker. Versions prior to 0.12.0b2 are vulnerable to DNS rebinding attacks. This vulnerability impacts everyone running ActivityWatch and gives the attacker full access to the ActivityWatch REST API. Users should upgrade to v0.12.0b2 or later to receive a patch. As a workaround, block DNS lookups that resolve to 127.0.0.1.
Severity
8.8 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-04-22 15:42 UTC
CWE
- CWE-290 - Authentication Bypass by Spoofing
Assigner
GitHub_M
CNA
References
3 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/ActivityWatch/activitywatch/se… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://gist.github.com/zozs/fdebbce75fc8538c1585… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/ActivityWatch/activitywatch/di… | x_refsource_MISC |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ActivityWatch | activitywatch |
Affected:
< 0.12.0b2
|
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