# CVE-2022-21422: Auth bypass in Communications Billing and Revenue Management

> A low-privileged attacker can exploit a difficult-to-exploit vulnerability in Oracle Communications Billing and Revenue Management to take over the system.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **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:** 19 Apr 2022
- **Updated:** 24 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-f2m4-m473-4h7g

## What is CVE-2022-21422?

CVE-2022-21422 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Oracle Communications Billing and Revenue Management, published on 19 Apr 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Vulnerability in the Oracle Communications Billing and Revenue Management product of Oracle Communications Applications (component: Connection Manager). Supported versions that are affected are 12.0.0.4 and 12.0.0.5. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via TCP to compromise Oracle Communications Billing and Revenue Management. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle Communications Billing and Revenue Management. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.5 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-21422?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Oracle Communications Billing and Revenue Management.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-21422?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-21422 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-21422 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-21422 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Oracle Communications Billing and Revenue Management

- [CVE-2022-21431](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-21431/): Auth bypass in Communications Billing and Revenue Management (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2022-21275](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-21275/): Auth bypass in Communications Billing and Revenue Management (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2022-21389](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-21389/): Auth bypass in Communications Billing and Revenue Management (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2022-21390](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-21390/): Auth bypass in Communications Billing and Revenue Management (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2022-21276](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-21276/): Auth bypass in Communications Billing and Revenue Management (critical 9.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-21422 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-21422 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Oracle Communications Billing and Revenue Management, published on 19 Apr 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-2022-21422 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Oracle Communications Billing and Revenue Management. 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-2022-21422/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-21422/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-21422
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-21422
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-21422

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-21422/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.