CVE-2022-21490
Published: 19 April 2022
Summary
CVE-2022-21490 is a medium-severity an unspecified weakness vulnerability in Oracle Mysql Cluster. Its CVSS base score is 6.3 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 2.5% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
CVE-2022-21490 affects the Cluster: General component of Oracle MySQL Cluster in supported versions 7.4.35 and prior, 7.5.25 and prior, 7.6.21 and prior, and 8.0.28 and prior. The flaw is rated with a CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.3 and carries the vector (CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).
A high-privileged attacker who already has access to the physical communication segment attached to the hardware running MySQL Cluster can exploit the issue. Successful exploitation requires human interaction from a person other than the attacker and can result in full takeover of the MySQL Cluster instance.
Oracle's April 2022 Critical Patch Update and the associated NetApp advisory NTAP-20220429-0005 address the vulnerability and supply mitigation guidance for affected deployments. The EPSS score remains flat at its recorded peak of 0.4254 with no material post-disclosure rise.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-26714
Vulnerability details
Vulnerability in the MySQL Cluster product of Oracle MySQL (component: Cluster: General). Supported versions that are affected are 7.4.35 and prior, 7.5.25 and prior, 7.6.21 and prior and 8.0.28 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
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