Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
CVE-2022-31135 affects Akashi, an open source Attorney Online game server. A malicious user with low privileges can send a crafted evidence packet that crashes the server, causing denial of service. The impact is availability only; the provided sources do not indicate data theft, integrity compromise, or active exploitation.
Executive priority
Treat this as a service availability risk for affected game servers, not a broad enterprise compromise. Patch during the next maintenance window, sooner for public servers where disruption would affect users.
Technical view
Affected Akashi versions before 1.4 mishandle a specially crafted evidence packet, allowing an illegal modification that crashes the server. The CVSS 3.1 score is 6.5 with network attack vector, low complexity, low privileges required, no user interaction, and high availability impact. The issue is classified as CWE-129.
Likely exposure
Exposure is limited to organizations or communities running AttorneyOnline Akashi server versions earlier than 1.4, especially reachable public game servers. Systems not running Akashi are not implicated by the provided sources.
Exploitation context
The sources support denial-of-service potential through crafted evidence packet handling. They do not report public exploit use, CISA KEV listing, or active exploitation. Exploitation requires low privileges according to CVSS, so access controls may reduce casual abuse but do not remove risk.
Researcher notes
The public record identifies a crafted evidence packet crash condition and CWE-129, but does not provide detailed exploit mechanics in the source bundle. Focus validation on version exposure, crash telemetry, and confirmation that the fixed release is deployed.
Mitigation direction
- Upgrade Akashi to version 1.4 or later.
- Prioritize public or community-hosted Akashi servers.
- Check AttorneyOnline advisory for current vendor guidance.
- Monitor unexplained server crashes until upgraded.
- Do not rely on a workaround; none is documented.
Validation and detection
- Inventory all Akashi server deployments.
- Confirm running versions are 1.4 or later.
- Flag any Akashi version earlier than 1.4.
- Review logs for unexplained crashes or packet-handling errors.
- Verify upgraded servers report a fixed version.
Public sources used
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Medium
- CVSS
- 6.5 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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CVSS vector scores
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H2.83.6Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
6.5MediumVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://github.com/AttorneyOnline/akashi/security/advisories/GHSA-vj86-vfmg-q68vCVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/AttorneyOnline/akashi/commit/5566cdfedddef1f219aee33477d9c9690bf2f78bCVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
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