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CVE-2022-21279

63
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-21279 is a difficult-to-exploit vulnerability affecting Oracle MySQL Cluster versions 7.4.34 and prior, 7.5.24 and prior, 7.6.20 and prior, and 8.0.27 and prior. This flaw allows a high-privileged attacker with physical network access to the MySQL Cluster to achieve full system takeover, impacting confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Exploitation requires human interaction from a non-attacker. With a CVSS score of 6.3 (Medium), there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 7.4.0, <= 7.4.34CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 7.5.0, <= 7.5.24CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 7.6.0, <= 7.6.20CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 8.0.0, <= 8.0.27CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:oncommand_insight:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.3MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
0.4
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
78.95%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.7895 is in the 98th percentile among its peer group of 49 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.8 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 18806-16823Fixed in: 8.0.28-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cbl2 mysql 8.0.28-1 on CBL Mariner 2.0Fixed in: 8.0.28-1
oraclevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2022-Jan/CVE-2022-21279Moderate

Vulnerability in the MySQL Cluster product of Oracle MySQL (component: Cluster: General). Supported versions that are affected are 7.4.34 and prior 7.5.24 and prior 7.6.20 and prior and 8.0.27 and prior. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with access to the physical communication segment attached to the hardware where the MySQL Cluster executes to compromise MySQL Cluster. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of MySQL Cluster. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 6.3 (Confidentiality Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

Jan 11, 2022

References

security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20220121-0008
Third Party Advisory
oracle.com / security-alerts/cpujan2022.html
Vendor Advisory
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-22-083
Third Party Advisory