CVE-2022-21329
Published: 19 January 2022
Summary
CVE-2022-21329 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-2022-21329 is a vulnerability in the Cluster: General component of Oracle MySQL Cluster. It affects supported versions 7.4.34 and earlier, 7.5.24 and earlier, 7.6.20 and earlier, and 8.0.27 and earlier. The flaw 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.
A high-privileged attacker who already has access to the physical network segment attached to the MySQL Cluster hardware can exploit the issue. Successful exploitation requires human interaction from another user and yields full takeover of the MySQL Cluster instance.
Oracle addressed the issue in its January 2022 Critical Patch Update. NetApp and Zero Day Initiative also published corresponding advisories referencing the same Oracle fix. The EPSS score has remained flat at 0.1143 with no material post-disclosure increase.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-26554
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.
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Mitigating Controls
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