# CVE-2022-30573: TIBCO FTL Privilege Escalation

> A low-privileged attacker with network access can escalate privileges on the TIBCO FTL server component.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.7 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 9 Aug 2022
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-64w5-jj9g-px9g

## What is CVE-2022-30573?

CVE-2022-30573 is a medium-severity vulnerability in TIBCO FTL - Community Edition, published on 9 Aug 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The ftlserver component of TIBCO Software Inc.'s TIBCO FTL - Community Edition, TIBCO FTL - Developer Edition, TIBCO FTL - Enterprise Edition, and TIBCO FTL - Enterprise Edition contains an easily exploitable vulnerability that allows a low privileged attacker with network access to execute a privilege escalation on the affected ftlserver. Affected releases are TIBCO Software Inc.'s TIBCO FTL - Community Edition: versions 6.0.0 through 6.8.0, TIBCO FTL - Developer Edition: versions 6.0.1 through 6.8.0, TIBCO FTL - Enterprise Edition: versions 6.0.0 through 6.7.3, and TIBCO FTL - Enterprise Edition: version 6.8.0.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-30573?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Tibco Ftl.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-30573?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-30573 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-30573 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-30573 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in TIBCO FTL - Community Edition

- [CVE-2021-43052](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-43052/): TIBCO FTL Secret Generation Vulnerability (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2021-28819](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-28819/): TIBCO FTL Windows Platform Installation vulnerability (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2021-28820](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-28820/): TIBCO FTL Windows Platform Artifact Search vulnerability (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2019-11209](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-11209/): TIBCO FTL Escalation Of Privileges for Realm Configuration (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2021-43053](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-43053/): TIBCO FTL Secret Exposure Vulnerability (high 8.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-30573 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-30573 is a medium-severity vulnerability in TIBCO FTL - Community Edition, published on 9 Aug 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-30573 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: TIBCO FTL - Community Edition. 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-2022-30573/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-30573/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-30573
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-30573
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-30573

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-30573/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.