CVE-2022-0996: A vulnerability was found in the 389 Directory Server that allows expired passwords to access the database to cause improper authentication

Medium severity · published Mar 23, 2022

CVE-2022-0996

A vulnerability was found in the 389 Directory Server that allows expired passwords to access the database to cause improper authentication

6.5

CVSS

1.5%

EPSS

On KEV

Description

A vulnerability was found in the 389 Directory Server that allows expired passwords to access the database to cause improper authentication.

CVSS vector

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

Attack vector

Network

Complexity

Low

Privileges

Low

User interaction

None

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Scope

Unchanged

Exploitation

Is it being used?

Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.5% · higher than 75% of CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet

CISA KEVNot listed

Ransomware campaign useNot known

Affected products

Which versions

389 Directory Server · Redhat

1.4.0.0 · source: NVD

Enterprise Linux · Redhat

8.0 · source: NVD

Fedora · Fedoraproject

34; 35 · source: NVD

Affected product

Fedora

Fedoraproject

All Fedora CVEs

References

NVD

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0996

CVE.org

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-0996

Issue Tracking

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2064769

Exploit

https://github.com/ByteHackr/389-ds-base

lists.debian.org

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/04/msg00026.html

lists.fedoraproject.org

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4QFD7CBBX3IZOSHEWL2EYKRLOEQSXCZ6/

lists.fedoraproject.org

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PYT2IQJFHQWZENJJRY6EJB3XIFZGNT7F/

lists.debian.org

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00015.html