CVE-2022-21290
Published: 19 January 2022
Summary
CVE-2022-21290 is a medium-severity an unspecified weakness vulnerability in Oracle Mysql. Its CVSS base score is 6.3 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 6.2% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
CVE-2022-21290 is a vulnerability in the Cluster: General component of Oracle MySQL Cluster, affecting supported versions 8.0.27 and earlier. It carries a CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.3 with the vector AV:A/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H, indicating impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The flaw can be exploited by a high-privileged attacker who already has access to the physical communication segment attached to the hardware running MySQL Cluster. Successful exploitation also requires human interaction from another party and can result in full takeover of the MySQL Cluster.
Oracle’s January 2022 Critical Patch Update addresses the issue for affected MySQL Cluster releases, and NetApp has published a corresponding advisory confirming the scope for its products. The Zero Day Initiative published ZDI-22-086 with additional technical detail on the flaw.
The associated EPSS score has remained flat at 0.1143 with no material increase after disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-26515
Vulnerability details
Vulnerability in the MySQL Cluster product of Oracle MySQL (component: Cluster: General). Supported versions that are affected are 8.0.27 and prior. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with access to the physical communication segment attached to the hardware…
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where the MySQL Cluster executes to compromise MySQL Cluster. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of MySQL Cluster. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 6.3 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).
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Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.