# CVE-2022-1949: Auth bypass in 389-ds-base

> Remote unauthenticated attackers can bypass access controls to search for and retrieve sensitive data, including password hashes, from the directory.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 1 Jun 2022
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2022-1949, GHSA-x847-vxvj-g6rj, MGASA-2022-0239, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-1949, openSUSE-SU-2024:12113-1

## What is CVE-2022-1949?

CVE-2022-1949 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 1 Jun 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

An access control bypass vulnerability found in 389-ds-base. That mishandling of the filter that would yield incorrect results, but as that has progressed, can be determined that it actually is an access control bypass. This may allow any remote unauthenticated user to issue a filter that allows searching for database items they do not have access to, including but not limited to potentially userPassword hashes and other sensitive data.

Weakness: CWE-639 (Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-1949?

It affects 4 products.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `389-ds` | openSUSE:Tumbleweed | All versions | 2.1.1~git22.faef73366-1.1 |

Products: Fedoraproject Fedora, Redhat 389 Directory Server, Redhat Directory Server, Redhat Enterprise Linux.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-1949?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2022-1949 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-1949 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-1949 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-1949 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 1 Jun 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-1949 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Fedoraproject Fedora. 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-2022-1949/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-1949/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1949
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-1949
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-1949

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-1949/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.