CVE-2022-21513
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedVulnerability in the Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance Kit product of Oracle Systems (component: Core). The supported version that is affected is 8.8. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance Kit executes to compromise Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance Kit. While the vulnerability is in Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance Kit, attacks may significantly impact additional products (scope change). Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance Kit. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 8.2 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H).
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceLocal privilege escalation vulnerability in Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance Kit 8.8 Core component. Requires high-privileged attacker with local system access to achieve complete takeover of the appliance. The scope change indicates the compromise can propagate to additional products in the environment.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 8.8CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Confirm Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance Kit is deployedInventory your systems to identify any running instances of Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance Kit. Check for the appliance software or its management interfaces.Affected if Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance Kit is not present in the environment.
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Identify the installed versionUse the appliance administrative interface, CLI, or system inventory tools to retrieve the exact version number of the ZFS Storage Appliance Kit software.Affected if The installed version is exactly 8.8.
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Verify the Core component is in useCheck if the Core component of the ZFS Storage Appliance Kit is active or accessible. This may be visible in the appliance's component list or service status.Affected if The Core component is enabled and running.
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Assess local access exposureDetermine whether untrusted or less-trusted high-privileged local users have access to the appliance console, CLI, or management shell.Affected if High-privileged local users with system access exist and can interact with the appliance.
A system is affected if it runs Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance Kit version 8.8 with the Core component accessible to a high-privileged local user.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataApply Oracle's available patches for Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance Kit. If patches are unavailable, restrict physical and logical access to the appliance infrastructure and limit high-privilege account usage.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2022-21513 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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