PyPI: nvflare

CVE-2022-21822

Safety vulnerability ID: SFTY-20220317-24341

Safety legacy ID: pyup.io-54415

### Impact NVIDIA FLARE contains a vulnerability in Admin Interface, where an un-authorized attacker can cause Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling, which may lead to cause system unavailable All versions before 2.0.16 are affected. ### Patches The patch will be included in nvflare==2.0.16. ### Workarounds The changes in commits https://github.com/NVIDIA/NVFlare/commit/93588b3a0dff9bd4568983071b74d8b420de3a6e and https://github.com/NVIDIA/NVFlare/commit/93588b3a0dff9bd4568983071b74d8b420de3a6e can be applied to any version of the NVIDIA FLARE without any adverse effect. ### Additional information Issue Found on: 2022.3.3 Issue Found by: Oliver Sellwood (@Nintorac)

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Created at: Jul 5, 2026Updated at: Jul 5, 2026

Overview

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in nvflare

Advisory

### Impact NVIDIA FLARE contains a vulnerability in Admin Interface, where an un-authorized attacker can cause Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling, which may lead to cause system unavailable All versions before 2.0.16 are affected. ### Patches The patch will be included in nvflare==2.0.16. ### Workarounds The changes in commits https://github.com/NVIDIA/NVFlare/commit/93588b3a0dff9bd4568983071b74d8b420de3a6e and https://github.com/NVIDIA/NVFlare/commit/93588b3a0dff9bd4568983071b74d8b420de3a6e can be applied to any version of the NVIDIA FLARE without any adverse effect. ### Additional information Issue Found on: 2022.3.3 Issue Found by: Oliver Sellwood (@Nintorac)

Affected Package

Affecting nvflare package, versions>=0,<2.0.16

Also affects

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How to Fix

Upgradenvflareto2.0.16or higher.

Mitigation and Workarounds

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Vulnerable Functions

Functions linked to known vulnerabilities.

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References

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