# CVE-2022-46163: travel-support-program vulnerable to data exfiltration via Ransack query injection

> Attackers can exfiltrate sensitive user data like bank details and password hashes via Ransack query injection in the openSUSE travel support program.

- **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:** 10 Jan 2023
- **Updated:** 10 Mar 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-2wwv-c6xh-cf68

## What is CVE-2022-46163?

CVE-2022-46163 is a high-severity SQL injection vulnerability in openSUSE travel-support-program, published on 10 Jan 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Travel support program is a rails app to support the travel support program of openSUSE (TSP). Sensitive user data (bank account details, password Hash) can be extracted via Ransack query injection. Every deployment of travel-support-program below the patched version is affected. The travel-support-program uses the Ransack library to implement search functionality. In its default configuration, Ransack will allow for query conditions based on properties of associated database objects [1]. The `*_start`, `*_end` or `*_cont` search matchers [2] can then be abused to exfiltrate sensitive string values of associated database objects via character-by-character brute-force (A match is indicated by the returned JSON not being empty). A single bank account number can be extracted with <200 requests, a password hash can be extracted with ~1200 requests, all within a few minutes. The problem has been patched in commit d22916275c51500b4004933ff1b0a69bc807b2b7. In order to work around this issue, you can also cherry pick that patch, however it will not work without the Rails 5.0 migration that was done in #150, which in turn had quite a few pull requests it depended on.

Weakness: CWE-89 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command), CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-46163?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Opensuse Travel Support Program.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-46163?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-46163 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-46163 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-46163 exists.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-46163 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-46163 is a high-severity SQL injection vulnerability in openSUSE travel-support-program, published on 10 Jan 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-46163 exists.

Affected product: openSUSE travel-support-program. 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-2022-46163/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-46163/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-46163
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-46163
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-46163

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