CVE-2022-37397

Published Aug 12, 2022

Last updated 3 years ago

CVSS critical 9.8

Overview

Description: An issue was discovered in the YugabyteDB 2.6.1 when using LDAP-based authentication in YCQL with Microsoft’s Active Directory. When anonymous or unauthenticated LDAP binding is enabled, it allows bypass of authentication with an empty password.
Source: security@yugabyte.com
NVD status: Analyzed

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type: Primary
Base score: 9.8
Impact score: 5.9
Exploitability score: 3.9
Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity: CRITICAL

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-287
security@yugabyte.com: CWE-16

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:yugabyte:yugabytedb:2.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "D0AF8161-C28C-411F-9433-C472C7981FDB"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References

Sources include official advisories and independent security research.