CVE-2022-21328
Published: 19 January 2022
Summary
CVE-2022-21328 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
Vulnerability CVE-2022-21328 affects the Cluster: General component of Oracle MySQL Cluster in versions 7.4.34 and prior, 7.5.24 and prior, 7.6.20 and prior, and 8.0.27 and prior. It is rated with a CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.3 and described as difficult to exploit, requiring an attacker to be high-privileged and positioned on the same physical network segment as the target hardware.
An attacker meeting those conditions can achieve full takeover of the MySQL Cluster instance, impacting confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Exploitation also requires human interaction from a user other than the attacker and is limited to the adjacent network attack vector.
Oracle addressed the issue in its January 2022 Critical Patch Update. NetApp and Zero Day Initiative published related advisories that point to the same Oracle bulletin for remediation guidance and fixed releases.
The associated EPSS score has remained flat at a peak of 0.1143 with no material increase after disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-26553
Vulnerability details
Vulnerability in the MySQL Cluster product of Oracle MySQL (component: Cluster: General). Supported versions that are affected are 7.4.34 and prior, 7.5.24 and prior, 7.6.20 and prior and 8.0.27 and prior. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with…
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access to the physical communication segment attached to the hardware 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.