CVE-2022-45868
The web-based admin console in H2 Database Engine before 2.2.220 can be started via the CLI with the argument -webAdminPassword, which allows the user to specify the password in cleartext for the web admin console.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.31%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The web-based admin console in H2 Database Engine before 2.2.220 can be started via the CLI with the argument -webAdminPassword, which allows the user to specify the password in cleartext for the web admin console. Consequently, a local user (or an attacker that has obtained local access through some means) would be able to discover the password by listing processes and their arguments. NOTE: the vendor states "This is not a vulnerability of H2 Console ... Passwords should never be passed on the command line and every qualified DBA or system administrator is expected to know that." Nonetheless, the issue was fixed in 2.2.220.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.31% probability · 24th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-312
- Affected
- h2database/h2
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-22wj-vf5f-wrvj
- https://github.com/h2database/h2database/blob/96832bf5a97cdc0adc1f2066ed61c54990d66ab5/h2/src/main/org/h2/server/web/WebServer.java#L346-L347Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/h2database/h2database/issues/3686
- https://github.com/h2database/h2database/pull/3833
- https://github.com/h2database/h2database/releases/tag/version-2.2.220
- https://sites.google.com/sonatype.com/vulnerabilities/sonatype-2022-6243Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-22wj-vf5f-wrvj
- https://github.com/h2database/h2database/blob/96832bf5a97cdc0adc1f2066ed61c54990d66ab5/h2/src/main/org/h2/server/web/WebServer.java#L346-L347Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/h2database/h2database/issues/3686
- https://github.com/h2database/h2database/pull/3833
- https://github.com/h2database/h2database/releases/tag/version-2.2.220
- https://sites.google.com/sonatype.com/vulnerabilities/sonatype-2022-6243Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.