GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven
GHSA-22wj-vf5f-wrvj Password exposure in H2 Database
HIGH
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- Aliases
- CVE-2022-45868
- Ecosystem
- Maven
- Packages
- com.h2database:h2
- Severity
- High
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-200, CWE-312
- Reviewed
- 2022-11-23
Affected packages
• Maven com.h2database:h2: >= 1.4.198, < 2.2.220 → fixed in 2.2.220
Description
The web-based admin console in H2 Database Engine through 2.1.214 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."
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- 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… vulnerability
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-45868 advisory
- https://github.com/h2database/h2database/issues/3686 web
- https://github.com/h2database/h2database/pull/3833 web
- https://github.com/h2database/h2database/commit/581ed18ff9d6b3761d851620ed88a3994a351a0d web
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-22wj-vf5f-wrvj advisory
- https://github.com/h2database/h2database package
- https://github.com/h2database/h2database/blob/96832bf5a97cdc0adc1f2066ed61c54990d66ab5/h2/src/main/org/h2/server/web/WebServer.java#L346-L347 web
- https://github.com/h2database/h2database/releases/tag/version-2.2.220 web
- https://sites.google.com/sonatype.com/vulnerabilities/sonatype-2022-6243 web