# CVE-2022-23232: Auth bypass in StorageGRID (formerly StorageGRID Webscale)

> Disabled or expired external user accounts can access S3 data they previously had access to, bypassing account status checks.

- **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:** 4 Mar 2022
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-wxfv-cvrq-p386

## What is CVE-2022-23232?

CVE-2022-23232 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Netapp Storagegrid, published on 4 Mar 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

StorageGRID (formerly StorageGRID Webscale) versions prior to 11.6.0 are susceptible to a vulnerability which when successfully exploited could allow disabled, expired, or locked external user accounts to access S3 data to which they previously had access. StorageGRID 11.6.0 obtains the user account status from Active Directory or Azure and will block S3 access for disabled user accounts during the subsequent background synchronization. User accounts that are expired or locked for Active Directory or Azure, or user accounts that are disabled, expired, or locked in identity sources other than Active Directory or Azure must be manually removed from group memberships or have their S3 keys manually removed from Tenant Manager in all versions of StorageGRID (formerly StorageGRID Webscale).

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-23232?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Netapp Storagegrid.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-23232?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-23232 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-23232 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-23232 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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- [CVE-2022-23233](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-23233/): Denial of service in StorageGRID (formerly StorageGRID Webscale) (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-23232 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-23232 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Netapp Storagegrid, published on 4 Mar 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-23232 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Netapp Storagegrid. 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-2022-23232/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-23232/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-23232
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-23232
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-23232

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-23232/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.