# CVE-2022-21800: Airspan Networks Mimosa Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm

> Attackers can crack stored passwords due to unsalted MD5 hashing in Airspan wireless devices, potentially leading to unauthorized access.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **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:** 18 Feb 2022
- **Updated:** 16 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-45m8-h637-23mm

## What is CVE-2022-21800?

CVE-2022-21800 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Airspan Networks MMP, published on 18 Feb 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

MMP: All versions prior to v1.0.3, PTP C-series: Device versions prior to v2.8.6.1, and PTMP C-series and A5x: Device versions prior to v2.5.4.1 uses the MD5 algorithm to hash the passwords before storing them but does not salt the hash. As a result, attackers may be able to crack the hashed passwords.

Weakness: CWE-326 (Inadequate Encryption Strength), CWE-327 (Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-21800?

It affects 5 products.


Products: Airspan A5x Firmware, Airspan C5c Firmware, Airspan C5x Firmware, Airspan C6x Firmware, Airspan Mimosa Management Platform.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-21800?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-21800 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-21800 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-21800 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Airspan Networks MMP

- [CVE-2022-21141](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-21141/): Airspan Networks Mimosa Incorrect Authorization (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2022-21196](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-21196/): Airspan Networks Mimosa Improper Authorization (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2022-21215](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-21215/): Airspan Networks Mimosa Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2022-21176](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-21176/): Airspan Networks Mimosa SQL Injection (high 8.6)
- [CVE-2022-0138](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0138/): Airspan Networks Mimosa Deserialization of Untrusted Data (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-21800 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-21800 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Airspan Networks MMP, published on 18 Feb 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-2022-21800 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Airspan Networks MMP. 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-2022-21800/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-21800/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-21800
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-21800
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-21800

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-21800/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.