# CVE-2022-36116: Security feature bypass in n/a

> Authenticated users can bypass validation controls in misconfigured Blue Prism environments to hide malicious code for execution.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/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:** 25 Aug 2022
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-8xcg-h5qg-922h

## What is CVE-2022-36116?

CVE-2022-36116 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 25 Aug 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

An issue was discovered in Blue Prism Enterprise 6.0 through 7.01. In a misconfigured environment that exposes the Blue Prism Application server, it is possible for an authenticated user to reverse engineer the Blue Prism software and circumvent access controls for the setValidationInfo administrative function. Removing the validation applied to newly designed processes increases the chance of successfully hiding malicious code that could be executed in a production environment.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-36116?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ssctech Blue Prism.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-36116?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-36116 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-36116 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-36116 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2022-36119](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-36119/): Deserialization in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2022-36115](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-36115/): Code injection in n/a (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2022-36118](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-36118/): Missing authorization in n/a (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2022-36117](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-36117/): Security feature bypass in n/a (low 3.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-36116 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-36116 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 25 Aug 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-2022-36116 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-2022-36116/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-36116/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-36116
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-36116
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-36116

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-36116/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.