# CVE-2022-2310: Skyhigh SWG Authentication bypass vulnerability

> Remote attackers can bypass authentication to gain super user access to the Skyhigh SWG admin interface due to incorrect whitelisting and weak crypto.

- **Severity:** Critical 10.0 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 27 Jul 2022
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-45rr-gg9f-wfcm

## What is CVE-2022-2310?

CVE-2022-2310 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in Skyhigh Secure Web Gateway (SWG), published on 27 Jul 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

An authentication bypass vulnerability in Skyhigh SWG in main releases 10.x prior to 10.2.12, 9.x prior to 9.2.23, 8.x prior to 8.2.28, and controlled release 11.x prior to 11.2.1 allows a remote attacker to bypass authentication into the administration User Interface. This is possible because of SWG incorrectly whitelisting authentication bypass methods and using a weak crypto password. This can lead to the attacker logging into the SWG admin interface, without valid credentials, as the super user with complete control over the SWG.

Weakness: CWE-290 (Authentication Bypass by Spoofing)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-2310?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Skyhighsecurity Secure Web Gateway.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-2310?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-2310 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-2310 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-2310 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Skyhigh Secure Web Gateway (SWG)

- [CVE-2023-4400](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-4400/): Information disclosure in Skyhigh Secure Web Gateway (SWG) (medium 6.2)
- [CVE-2024-6398](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6398/): Information disclosure in Secure Web Gateway (medium 4.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-2310 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-2310 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in Skyhigh Secure Web Gateway (SWG), published on 27 Jul 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-2310 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Skyhigh Secure Web Gateway (SWG). 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-2022-2310/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2310/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-2310
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2310
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-2310

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2310/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.