# CVE-2022-4962: Apollo Configuration Center users improper authorization

> Remote attackers can access user data via improper authorization in Apollo Configuration Center, though maintainers dispute the sensitivity of the exposed information.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/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:** 12 Jan 2024
- **Updated:** 13 Feb 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-6fwf-qq7q-w473

## What is CVE-2022-4962?

CVE-2022-4962 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Apollo, published on 12 Jan 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability was found in Apollo 2.0.0/2.0.1 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file /users of the component Configuration Center. The manipulation leads to improper authorization. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The real existence of this vulnerability is still doubted at the moment. VDB-250430 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability. NOTE: The maintainer explains that user data information like user id, name, and email are not sensitive.

Weakness: CWE-285 (Improper Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-4962?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Apolloconfig Apollo.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-4962?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-4962 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-4962 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-4962 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Apollo

- [CVE-2024-42662](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-42662/): Information disclosure in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2023-25570](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-25570/): Apollo has potential access control security issue in eureka (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2023-25569](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-25569/): apollo-portal has potential CSRF issue (medium 5.7)
- [CVE-2024-43397](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-43397/): Potential unauthorized access issue in apollo-portal (medium 4.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-4962 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-4962 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Apollo, published on 12 Jan 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-4962 exists.

Affected product: Apollo. 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-2022-4962/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-4962/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-4962
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-4962
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-4962

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-4962/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.