# CVE-2021-22311: Privilege escalation in ManageOne

> Improper permission assignment in Huawei ManageOne allows users to perform operations with higher privileges than intended.

- **Severity:** High 7.2 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 22 Mar 2021
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-j5x5-8m8g-qv9p

## What is CVE-2021-22311?

CVE-2021-22311 is a high-severity vulnerability in ManageOne, published on 22 Mar 2021. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

There is an improper permission assignment vulnerability in Huawei ManageOne product. Due to improper security hardening, the process can run with a higher privilege. Successful exploit could allow certain users to do certain operations with improper permissions. Affected product versions include: ManageOne versions 8.0.0, 8.0.1.

Weakness: CWE-276 (Incorrect Default Permissions)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-22311?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Huawei Manageone.

## How do I fix CVE-2021-22311?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-22311 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2021-22311 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-22311 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in ManageOne

- [CVE-2021-22314](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-22314/): Privilege escalation in ManageOne (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2019-5289](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-5289/): Denial of service in ManageOne (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2020-9115](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-9115/): Command injection in ManageOne (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2021-22397](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-22397/): Privilege escalation in ManageOne (medium 6.7)
- [CVE-2021-22339](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-22339/): Denial of service in ManageOne (medium 6.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-22311 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2021-22311 is a high-severity vulnerability in ManageOne, published on 22 Mar 2021. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-22311 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: ManageOne. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-22311/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-22311/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-22311
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-22311
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-22311

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-22311/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.