Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-36972

Critical

Published: 29 March 2023

Published
29 March 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.3091 96.9th percentile
Risk Priority 38 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-36972 is a critical-severity SQL Injection (CWE-89) vulnerability in Ivanti Avalanche. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked in the top 3.1% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Deeper analysis

CVE-2022-36972 is a SQL injection vulnerability in the ProfileDaoImpl class of Ivanti Avalanche version 6.3.2.3490. The flaw permits construction of SQL queries from attacker-supplied input, enabling authentication bypass on affected installations. It carries a CVSS 3.1 score of 9.8 and is tracked under CWE-89.

Remote, unauthenticated attackers can exploit the issue by submitting a crafted request that triggers the vulnerable code path, allowing them to bypass authentication controls and potentially gain full access to the system. The vulnerability was originally reported as ZDI-CAN-15328.

Public references point to the Ivanti Avalanche 6.3.4 release notes and the corresponding Zero Day Initiative advisory ZDI-22-777, which document the availability of a patched version that addresses the flaw. The EPSS score stands at 0.3091 with no material increase from its recorded peak.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to bypass authentication on affected installations of Ivanti Avalanche 6.3.2.3490. The specific flaw exists within the ProfileDaoImpl class. A crafted request can trigger execution of SQL queries composed from a user-supplied string. An attacker can…

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leverage this vulnerability to bypass authentication on the system. Was ZDI-CAN-15328.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

ivanti
avalanche
6.3.2.3490 — 6.3.4

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-89

Penetration testing uses SQL injection payloads against database interfaces, identifying and supporting fixes for SQL injection weaknesses.

addresses: CWE-89

Validates query inputs to prevent SQL syntax or command manipulation.

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