CVE-2022-0862: ePO password change vulnerability

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.7% 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

A lack of password change protection vulnerability in a depreciated API of McAfee Enterprise ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) prior to 5.10 Update 13 allows a remote attacker to change the password of a compromised session without knowing the existing user's password. This functionality was removed from the User Interface in ePO 10 and the API has now been disabled. Other protection is in place to reduce the likelihood of this being successful through sending a link to a logged in user.

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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