CVE-2022-21457 Auth bypass in MySQL Server

What is CVE-2022-21457?

CVE-2022-21457 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Netapp Active Iq Unified Manager, published on 19 Apr 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: Server: PAM Auth Plugin). Supported versions that are affected are 8.0.28 and prior. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise MySQL Server. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all MySQL Server accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 5.9 (Confidentiality impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N).

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-21457?

It affects 4 products.

Products include Netapp Active Iq Unified Manager, Netapp Oncommand Insight, Netapp Snapcenter, Oracle Mysql Server.

How do I fix CVE-2022-21457?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.

Is CVE-2022-21457 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-21457 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Netapp Active Iq Unified Manager

• CVE-2022-31692 Spring Security authorization rules can be bypassed via forward or include dispatcher types Critical 9.8
• CVE-2022-2526 Use after free in systemd-resolved Critical 9.8
• CVE-2022-22978 Authorization bypass in Spring Security Critical 9.8
• CVE-2021-22931 Code injection in Node Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-2938 Code injection in Java Critical 9.0

All Netapp Active Iq Unified Manager vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-3464-g4qq-f63p, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-21457.