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HIGH7.8

GHSA-22wj-vf5f-wrvj

Password exposure in H2 Database

Quick fix

GHSA-22wj-vf5f-wrvj — com.h2database:h2: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.

# pom.xml: bump <version>2.2.220</version> for com.h2database:h2

Details

The web-based admin console in H2 Database Engine through 2.1.214 can be started via the CLI with the argument -webAdminPassword, which allows the user to specify the password in cleartext for the web admin console. Consequently, a local user (or an attacker that has obtained local access through some means) would be able to discover the password by listing processes and their arguments. NOTE: the vendor states "This is not a vulnerability of H2 Console ... Passwords should never be passed on the command line and every qualified DBA or system administrator is expected to know that."

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Affected packages

Maven/com.h2database:h2
Introduced in: 1.4.198Fixed in: 2.2.220
Fix# pom.xml: bump <version>2.2.220</version> for com.h2database:h2

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