CVE-2022-23221

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 64.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2022-01-19 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-88

Description

H2 Console before 2.1.210 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a jdbc:h2:mem JDBC URL containing the IGNORE_UNKNOWN_SETTINGS=TRUE;FORBID_CREATION=FALSE;INIT=RUNSCRIPT substring, a different vulnerability than CVE-2021-42392.

Affected products

Debian Linux: 9.0, 10.0, 11.0
com.h2database:h2: from 1.1.100 before 2.0.206 — fixed in 2.0.206
Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core Console: 1.9.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: com.h2database:h2 2.0.206. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/165676/H2-Database-Console-Remote-Code-Execution.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Jan/39
https://github.com/h2database/h2database/releases/tag/version-2.1.210
https://github.com/h2database/h2database/security/advisories
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/02/msg00017.html
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230818-0011/
https://twitter.com/d0nkey_man/status/1483824727936450564
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5076
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/165676/H2-Database-Console-Remote-Code-Execution.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Jan/39

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