# CVE-2022-24777: Denial of Service via reachable assertion in grpc-swift

- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.7.2
- Published: 2022-03-25 · Updated: 2025-04-23

## Affected

- grpc grpc-swift: fixed in 1.7.2

## Description

grpc-swift is the Swift language implementation of gRPC, a remote procedure call (RPC) framework. Prior to version 1.7.2, a grpc-swift server is vulnerable to a denial of service attack via a reachable assertion. This is due to incorrect logic when handling GOAWAY frames. The attack is low-effort: it takes very little resources to construct and send the required sequence of frames. The impact on availability is high as the server will crash, dropping all in flight connections and requests. This issue is fixed in version 1.7.2. There are currently no known workarounds.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on grpc grpc-swift, upgrade to a fixed version (1.7.2) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/grpc/grpc-swift/security/advisories/GHSA-r6ww-5963-7r95
- https://github.com/grpc/grpc-swift/commit/858f977f2a51fca2292f384cf7a108dc2e73a3bd

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