CVE-2022-45868

2022-11-2321:15:11

CWE-312

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web.nvd.nist.gov

h2 database engine

web admin console

clear text password

command line interface

local user

security vulnerability

7.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

5.1%

JSON

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.