# CVE-2022-38112: Sensitive Information Disclosure Vulnerability

> Attackers can access sensitive cleartext data from generated heap memory dumps in SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/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:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 20 Jan 2023
- **Updated:** 3 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-hm3f-fwmw-7g2j

## What is CVE-2022-38112?

CVE-2022-38112 is a high-severity vulnerability in SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer (DPA), published on 20 Jan 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

In DPA 2022.4 and older releases, generated heap memory dumps contain sensitive information in cleartext.

Weakness: CWE-312 (Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-38112?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Solarwinds Database Performance Analyzer.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-38112?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-38112 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-38112 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-38112 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer (DPA)

- [CVE-2023-23837](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-23837/): No Exception Handling Vulnerability: Database Performance Analyzer (DPA) 2023.1 (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2021-35229](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-35229/): Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability using SQL Query (medium 6.8)
- [CVE-2023-23838](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-23838/): Directory traversal and file enumeration vulnerability: Database Performance Analyzer (DPA) 2023.1 (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2023-33231](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-33231/): XSS in SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer 2023.2 (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2018-19386](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-19386/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 6.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-38112 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-38112 is a high-severity vulnerability in SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer (DPA), published on 20 Jan 2023. 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-2022-38112 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer (DPA). 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-2022-38112/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-38112/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-38112
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-38112
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-38112

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-38112/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.