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CVE-2021-42392
- Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 83.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: yes
- Published: 2022-01-10 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-502
Description
The org.h2.util.JdbcUtils.getConnection method of the H2 database takes as parameters the class name of the driver and URL of the database. An attacker may pass a JNDI driver name and a URL leading to a LDAP or RMI servers, causing remote code execution. This can be exploited through various attack vectors, most notably through the H2 Console which leads to unauthenticated remote code execution.
Affected products
- Debian Linux: 9.0, 10.0, 11.0
- com.h2database:h2: from 1.1.000 through 2.0.204
- Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core Policy: 1.15.0
References
- https://github.com/h2database/h2database/security/advisories/GHSA-h376-j262-vhq6
- https://jfrog.com/blog/the-jndi-strikes-back-unauthenticated-rce-in-h2-database-console/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/02/msg00017.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220119-0001/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5076
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
- https://www.secpod.com/blog/log4shell-critical-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-in-h2database-console/
- https://github.com/h2database/h2database/security/advisories/GHSA-h376-j262-vhq6
- https://jfrog.com/blog/the-jndi-strikes-back-unauthenticated-rce-in-h2-database-console/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/02/msg00017.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220119-0001/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5076
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