CVE-2022-46337 Apache Derby: LDAP injection vulnerability in authenticator
An LDAP injection flaw in Apache Derby allows attackers to bypass authentication, potentially leading to disk exhaustion, code execution, or data corruption.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2022-46337?
CVE-2022-46337 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in Apache Derby, published on 20 Nov 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A cleverly devised username might bypass LDAP authentication checks. In LDAP-authenticated Derby installations, this could let an attacker fill up the disk by creating junk Derby databases. In LDAP-authenticated Derby installations, this could also allow the attacker to execute malware which was visible to and executable by the account which booted the Derby server. In LDAP-protected databases which weren't also protected by SQL GRANT/REVOKE authorization, this vulnerability could also let an attacker view and corrupt sensitive data and run sensitive database functions and procedures.
Mitigation:
Users should upgrade to Java 21 and Derby 10.17.1.0.
Alternatively, users who wish to remain on older Java versions should build their own Derby distribution from one of the release families to which the fix was backported: 10.16, 10.15, and 10.14. Those are the releases which correspond, respectively, with Java LTS versions 17, 11, and 8.
Weakness: CWE-74
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-46337?
24 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.apache.derby:derby. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
org.apache.derby:derby Maven | All versions | None |
org.apache.derby:derby Maven | All versions | None |
org.apache.derby:derby Maven | From 10.1.1.0 to 10.1.3.1 | None |
org.apache.derby:derby Maven | From 10.1.1.0 to 10.1.3.1 | None |
org.apache.derby:derby Maven | From 10.10.1.1 to 10.10.2.0 | None |
org.apache.derby:derby Maven | From 10.10.1.1 to 10.10.2.0 | None |
18 more packages
org.apache.derby:derby Maven | From 10.14.2.0 | 10.14.2.1 |
org.apache.derby:derby Maven | From 10.14.2.0 | 10.14.2.1 |
org.apache.derby:derby Maven | From 10.15.1.3 | 10.15.2.1 |
org.apache.derby:derby Maven | From 10.15.1.3 | 10.15.2.1 |
org.apache.derby:derby Maven | From 10.16.1.1 | 10.16.1.2 |
org.apache.derby:derby Maven | From 10.16.1.1 | 10.16.1.2 |
org.apache.derby:derby Maven | From 10.2.1.6 to 10.2.2.0 | None |
org.apache.derby:derby Maven | From 10.2.1.6 to 10.2.2.0 | None |
org.apache.derby:derby Maven | From 10.3.1.4 to 10.3.3.0 | None |
org.apache.derby:derby Maven | From 10.3.1.4 to 10.3.3.0 | None |
org.apache.derby:derby Maven | From 10.4.1.3 to 10.4.2.0 | None |
org.apache.derby:derby Maven | From 10.4.1.3 to 10.4.2.0 | None |
org.apache.derby:derby Maven | From 10.5.1.1 to 10.5.3.0 | None |
org.apache.derby:derby Maven | From 10.5.1.1 to 10.5.3.0 | None |
org.apache.derby:derby Maven | From 10.6.1.0 to 10.6.2.1 | None |
org.apache.derby:derby Maven | From 10.6.1.0 to 10.6.2.1 | None |
org.apache.derby:derby Maven | From 10.8.1.2 to 10.8.3.0 | None |
org.apache.derby:derby Maven | From 10.8.1.2 to 10.8.3.0 | None |
Products include Apache Derby.
How do I fix CVE-2022-46337?
Upgrade org.apache.derby:derby to a fixed version for your release line: 10.14.2.1, 10.15.2.1 or 10.16.1.2.
Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.
Is CVE-2022-46337 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-46337 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Apache Derby
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-46337, ECHO-e8be-a1ee-9416, GHSA-rcjc-c4pj-xxrp, ROOT-APP-MAVEN-CVE-2022-46337, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-46337.