CVE-2022-31020 — Indy Node is the server portion of a distributed ledger purpose-built for decent

Indy Node is the server portion of a distributed ledger purpose-built for decentralized identity. In versions 1.12.4 and prior, the `pool-upgrade` request handler in Indy-Node allows an improperly authenticated attacker to remotely execute code on nodes within the network. The `p

01What is this vulnerability?

Indy Node is the server portion of a distributed ledger purpose-built for decentralized identity. In versions 1.12.4 and prior, the `pool-upgrade` request handler in Indy-Node allows an improperly authenticated attacker to remotely execute code on nodes within the network. The `pool-upgrade` request handler in Indy-Node 1.12.5 has been updated to properly authenticate pool-upgrade transactions…

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
hyperledger	indy	node — <= 1.12.4

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2022-09-06T16:30:19.000Z
• Last modified: 2025-04-23T17:14:59.072Z

09References

• github.com — https://github.com/hyperledger/indy-node/security/advisories/GHSA-r6v9-p59m-gj2p
• github.com — https://github.com/hyperledger/indy-node/commit/fe507474f77084faef4539101e2bbb4d…
• github.com — https://github.com/hyperledger/indy-node/releases/tag/v1.12.5