THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2022-21290
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2022-21290

Mysql vulnerability

CVSS
6.3
EPSS
3.1%
EPSS pct
86th
Exploited
No known
Vulnerability in the MySQL Cluster product of Oracle MySQL (component: Cluster: General). Supported versions that are affected are 8.0.27 and prior. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with access to the physical communication segment attached to the hardware where the MySQL Cluster executes to compromise MySQL Cluster. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of MySQL Cluster. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 6.3 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).
Affected vendor
Oracle
Affected product
Mysql
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2022-01-19

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable from an adjacent network, high attack complexity, requiring high privileges, user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.1% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 86% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2022-21290

  • Confirm whether Oracle Mysql is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2022-21290.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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