# CVE-2022-0862: ePO password change vulnerability

> Remote attackers can change passwords for compromised sessions without knowing the current password, enabling account takeover in McAfee ePO.

- **Severity:** Low 3.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 23 Mar 2022
- **Updated:** 2 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-vmqf-73mx-mcw4

## What is CVE-2022-0862?

CVE-2022-0862 is a low-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Mcafee Epolicy Orchestrator, published on 23 Mar 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A lack of password change protection vulnerability in a depreciated API of McAfee Enterprise ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) prior to 5.10 Update 13 allows a remote attacker to change the password of a compromised session without knowing the existing user's password. This functionality was removed from the User Interface in ePO 10 and the API has now been disabled. Other protection is in place to reduce the likelihood of this being successful through sending a link to a logged in user.

Weakness: CWE-287 (Improper Authentication), CWE-522 (Insufficiently Protected Credentials)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-0862?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Mcafee Epolicy Orchestrator.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-0862?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-0862 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-0862 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-0862 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Mcafee Epolicy Orchestrator

- [CVE-2016-8027](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-8027/): SQL injection in McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) 5.3.2 and earlier and 5.1.3 and earlier (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2006-5156](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-5156/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2002-0690](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2002-0690/): Code injection in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2007-1498](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-1498/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2015-8765](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-8765/): Deserialization in n/a (high 8.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-0862 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-0862 is a low-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Mcafee Epolicy Orchestrator, published on 23 Mar 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-0862 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Mcafee Epolicy Orchestrator. 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-2022-0862/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0862/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-0862
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0862
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-0862

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0862/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.