# CVE-2022-21503: Information disclosure in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

> High-privileged attackers can access unauthorized data in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure via a network-based vulnerability.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.9 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 17 Jun 2022
- **Updated:** 24 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-3pfw-v5wv-h5xj

## What is CVE-2022-21503?

CVE-2022-21503 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, published on 17 Jun 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Vulnerability in the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure product of Oracle Cloud Services. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with network access to compromise Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized access to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure accessible data. All affected customers were notified of CVE-2022-21503 by Oracle. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 4.9 (Confidentiality impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-21503?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-21503?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-21503 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-21503 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-21503 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-21503 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-21503 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, published on 17 Jun 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-21503 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. 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-2022-21503/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-21503/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-21503
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-21503
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-21503

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