# CVE-2022-21539: Missing authorization in MySQL Server

> A low-privileged attacker can compromise MySQL Server to read, modify, or delete data and cause partial denial of service.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 19 Jul 2022
- **Updated:** 24 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-p2xr-6f29-ph2q, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-21539

## What is CVE-2022-21539?

CVE-2022-21539 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Netapp Active Iq Unified Manager, published on 19 Jul 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: InnoDB). Supported versions that are affected are 8.0.29 and prior. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise MySQL Server. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of MySQL Server accessible data as well as unauthorized read access to a subset of MySQL Server accessible data and unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of MySQL Server. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 5.0 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L).

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-21539?

It affects 5 products.


Products: Netapp Active Iq Unified Manager, Netapp Oncommand Insight, Netapp Oncommand Workflow Automation, Netapp Snapcenter, Oracle Mysql Server.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-21539?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2022-21539 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-21539 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Netapp Active Iq Unified Manager

- [CVE-2022-31692](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-31692/): Spring Security authorization rules can be bypassed via forward or include dispatcher types (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-2526](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2526/): Use after free in systemd-resolved (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-22978](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-22978/): Authorization bypass in Spring Security (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-22931](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-22931/): Code injection in Node (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2018-2938](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-2938/): Code injection in Java (critical 9.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-21539 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-21539 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Netapp Active Iq Unified Manager, published on 19 Jul 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-2022-21539 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Netapp Active Iq Unified Manager. 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-2022-21539/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-21539/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-21539
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-21539
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-21539

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