# CVE-2022-27225: Information disclosure in n/a

> Attackers can capture user login sessions via cleartext cookies if users access the server over HTTP, enabling account takeover.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 16 Mar 2022
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-fxrc-j9qq-62g8

## What is CVE-2022-27225?

CVE-2022-27225 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 16 Mar 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Gradle Enterprise before 2021.4.3 relies on cleartext data transmission in some situations. It uses Keycloak for identity management services. During the sign-in process, Keycloak sets browser cookies that effectively provide remember-me functionality. For backwards compatibility with older Safari versions, Keycloak sets a duplicate of the cookie without the Secure attribute, which allows the cookie to be sent when accessing the location that cookie is set for via HTTP. This creates the potential for an attacker (with the ability to impersonate the Gradle Enterprise host) to capture the login session of a user by having them click an http:// link to the server, despite the real server requiring HTTPS.

Weakness: CWE-311 (Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-27225?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Gradle Enterprise.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-27225?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-27225 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-27225 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-27225 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2023-49238](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-49238/): Hardcoded credentials in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-27919](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-27919/): Missing authorization in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2019-11402](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-11402/): Information disclosure in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-15776](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-15776/): Cross-site request forgery in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2022-25364](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-25364/): Misconfiguration in n/a (high 8.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-27225 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-27225 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 16 Mar 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-27225 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. 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-2022-27225/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-27225/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-27225
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-27225
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-27225

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-27225/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.