CVE-2022-0859: ePO database restoration vulnerability

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.7 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2022-03-23 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-522

Description

McAfee Enterprise ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) prior to 5.10 Update 13 allows a local attacker to point an ePO server to an arbitrary SQL server during the restoration of the ePO server. To achieve this the attacker would have to be logged onto the server hosting the ePO server (restricted to administrators) and to know the SQL server password.

Affected products

McAfee,LLC McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO): before 5.10.0; 5.10.0, 5.10.0-update_1, 5.10.0-update_10, 5.10.0-update_11, 5.10.0-update_12, 5.10.0-update_2 (+7) — fixed in 5.10.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: McAfee,LLC McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) 5.10.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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