CVE-2022-41853

Public on 2022-10-06
Modified on 2024-05-01
Description
Those using java.sql.Statement or java.sql.PreparedStatement in hsqldb (HyperSQL DataBase) to process untrusted input may be vulnerable to a remote code execution attack. By default it is allowed to call any static method of any Java class in the classpath resulting in code execution. The issue can be prevented by updating to 2.7.1 or by setting the system property "hsqldb.method_class_names" to classes which are allowed to be called. For example, System.setProperty("hsqldb.method_class_names", "abc") or Java argument -Dhsqldb.method_class_names="abc" can be used. From version 2.7.1 all classes by default are not accessible except those in java.lang.Math and need to be manually enabled.
Severity
Important severity
Important
CVSS v3 Base Score
8.0
See breakdown

Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 1 hsqldb 2023-01-18 ALAS-2023-1666 Fixed
Amazon Linux 2 - Core hsqldb 2023-01-18 ALAS2-2023-1914 Fixed

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 8.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD CVSSv3 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H