CVE-2022-33082

HIGH

Open Policy Agent < 0.42.0 - Denial of Service via AST Parser

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2022-33082. PoCs published by cyberqueenmeg.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This repository provides a functional proof-of-concept exploit for CVE-2022-33082, demonstrating a denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability in Open Policy Agent (OPA) versions 0.41.0 and lower. The exploit triggers a kernel panic by submitting a crafted query and input to the OPA server.

Description

An issue in the AST parser (ast/compile.go) of Open Policy Agent v0.10.2 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted input.

Exploits (1)

nomisec WORKING POC
by cyberqueenmeg · poc
https://github.com/cyberqueenmeg/cve-2022-33082-exploit

This repository provides a functional proof-of-concept exploit for CVE-2022-33082, demonstrating a denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability in Open Policy Agent (OPA) versions 0.41.0 and lower. The exploit triggers a kernel panic by submitting a crafted query and input to the OPA server.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Open Policy Agent (OPA) <= 0.41.0
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to an OPA server running version 0.41.0 or lower · Ability to send HTTP requests to the OPA server
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 18, 2026 Full analysis →

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0109
EPSS Percentile 78.4%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

Status published
Products (2)
open-policy-agent/opa 0 - 0.42.0Go
openpolicyagent/open_policy_agent < 0.42.0
Published Jun 30, 2022
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026