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critical 9.8

CVE-2022-23221 in the critical feed json

Arbitrary code execution in H2 Console

published 2022-01-19 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-45hx-wfhj-473x , EUVD-2022-0440

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
64.8%
EPSS 64.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.2%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

H2 Console before 2.1.210 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a jdbc:h2:mem JDBC URL containing the IGNORE_UNKNOWN_SETTINGS=TRUE;FORBID_CREATION=FALSE;INIT=RUNSCRIPT substring, a different vulnerability than CVE-2021-42392.

Patch / fix

  • maven com.h2database:h2 2.1.210
  • h2database h2 2.0.206
  • h2database Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.1.210-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2022-23221

  • h2database Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 1.4.197-4+deb10u1build0.20.04.1
  • h2database Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 2.1.210+really1.4.197-1
  • h2database Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 1.4.191-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
  • h2database Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS 1.4.196-2ubuntu0.1~esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2022-23221

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • eap7-netty jboss enterprise application platform 7.4 4.1.72-4.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap
  • eap7-wildfly jboss enterprise application platform 7.4 7.4.5-3.GA_redhat_00001.1.el7eap
  • eap7-undertow jboss enterprise application platform 7.4 2.2.17-2.SP4_redhat_00001.1.el7eap
  • eap7-netty-all jboss enterprise application platform 7.4 4.1.72-4.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap
  • eap7-xerces-j2 jboss enterprise application platform 7.4 2.12.0-3.SP04_redhat_00001.1.el7eap
  • eap7-h2database jboss enterprise application platform 7.4 1.4.197-2.redhat_00004.1.el7eap
  • eap7-hal-console jboss enterprise application platform 7.4 3.3.12-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap
  • eap7-netty-codec jboss enterprise application platform 7.4 4.1.72-4.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap

red hat advisories RHSA-2024:10208RHSA-2024:10207RHSA-2022:4918RHSA-2022:4919

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2022-23221 updated cvss 9.8

h2: Loading of custom classes from remote servers through JNDI

  • Red Hat BPM Suite 6 h2
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat build of Apicurio Registry 2 h2
    affected: no fix available “Fix deferred”
  • Red Hat JBoss BRMS 5 h2 Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6 h2 Red Hat JBoss Data Grid 7 h2 Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6 h2 Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 h2 Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6 h2
    +3 more products
    Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6 h2 Red Hat JBoss Operations Network 3 h2 Red Hat JBoss SOA Platform 5 h2
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11 openshift3/ose-metrics-hawkular-metrics
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Single Sign-On 7 h2
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat Fuse 7.11
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2022:5532
  • Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.4 for RHEL 7 Server eap7-h2database 1.4.197-2.redhat_00004.1.el7eap
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2022:4918
  • Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.4 for RHEL 8 eap7-h2database 1.4.197-2.redhat_00004.1.el8eap
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2022:4919
show 4 more
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform h2 1.4.197.redhat-00004
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2022:4922
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 EUS for RHEL 7 Server eap7-h2database 1.4.197-2.redhat_00005.1.ep7.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:10208
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 EUS for RHEL 7 Server eap7-avro 1.7.6-8.redhat_00003.1.el7eap, eap7-wss4j 2.3.3-2.redhat_00001.1.el7eap, eap7-xalan-j2 2.7.1-38.redhat_00015.1.el7eap, eap7-wildfly 7.3.11-4.GA_redhat_00002.1.el7eap, eap7-h2database 1.4.197-3.redhat_00004.1.el7eap, eap7-wss4j-policy 2.3.3-2.redhat_00001.1.el7eap, +41 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:10207
  • Red Hat Decision Manager 7 h2 Red Hat Integration Camel K 1 h2 Red Hat Integration Camel Quarkus 1 h2 Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.4 for RHEL 7 Server eap7-log4j 2.17.1-2.redhat_00002.1.el7eap, eap7-jberet 1.3.9-1.SP1_redhat_00001.1.el7eap, eap7-snakeyaml 1.29.0-1.redhat_00001.2.el7eap, eap7-wildfly 7.4.5-3.GA_redhat_00001.1.el7eap, eap7-netty 4.1.72-4.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap, eap7-jackson-core 2.12.6-1.redhat_00001.1.el7eap, +84 more Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.4 for RHEL 8 eap7-log4j 2.17.1-2.redhat_00002.1.el8eap, eap7-jberet 1.3.9-1.SP1_redhat_00001.1.el8eap, eap7-snakeyaml 1.29.0-1.redhat_00001.2.el8eap, eap7-wildfly 7.4.5-3.GA_redhat_00001.1.el8eap, eap7-netty 4.1.72-4.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap, eap7-jackson-core 2.12.6-1.redhat_00001.1.el8eap, +82 more Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform pom.xml, c3 0.6.0, c3 0.7.1, d3 5.9.2, ms 2.0.0, ms 2.1.2, +1482 more
    +3 more products
    Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 EUS for RHEL 7 Server eap7-avro 1.7.6-2.redhat_00003.1.ep7.el7, eap7-xalan-j2 2.7.1-26.redhat_00015.1.ep7.el7, eap7-wildfly 7.1.8-2.GA_redhat_00002.1.ep7.el7, eap7-bouncycastle 1.68.0-1.redhat_00005.1.ep7.el7, eap7-apache-cxf 3.1.16-3.SP1_redhat_00001.1.ep7.el7, eap7-apache-cxf-rt 3.1.16-3.SP1_redhat_00001.1.ep7.el7, +10 more Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack h2 Red Hat Process Automation 7 h2
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
total
Assessed
18 mo ago

Exploit prediction

64.77% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.2% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • seclists.org http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Jan/39 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • twitter.com https://twitter.com/d0nkey_man/status/1483824727936450564 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/165676/H2-Database-Console-Remote-Code-Execution.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 10.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
GitHub 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven com.h2database:h2
<2.1.210
2.1.210

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-88 Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command

References

Sources

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