CVE-2022-21798
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 · uneditedThe affected product is vulnerable due to cleartext transmission of credentials seen in the CIMPLICITY network, which can be easily spoofed and used to log in to make operational changes to the system.
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 confidenceCIMPLICITY is vulnerable to cleartext transmission of credentials over the network, allowing attackers to intercept and spoof authentication credentials to gain unauthorized access and make operational changes to the system.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
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 dataall versionsCVSS 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
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/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 CIMPLICITY installationCheck system for CIMPLICITY software installation - look for CIMPLICITY installation directory or application in program listingsAffected if CIMPLICITY is installed on the system
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Review network protocol configurationInspect CIMPLICITY network configuration settings to determine which protocols are enabled for client-server communicationAffected if TLS or IPsec encryption is not explicitly configured or is disabled
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Check authentication method in useExamine authentication configuration to determine whether certificate-based authentication or password-based authentication is configuredAffected if password-based authentication is in use without encrypted channel protection
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Verify communication encryption statusInspect CIMPLICITY communication settings to confirm whether network traffic between clients and servers is encryptedAffected if cleartext (unencrypted) protocols are permitted or default protocols are in use for CIMPLICITY communications
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Assess network traffic for cleartext credentialsUse network capture tools to monitor CIMPLICITY traffic on the network for any transmitted credentials in cleartextAffected if authentication credentials are observed being transmitted without encryption
If CIMPLICITY is installed and encrypted network protocols (TLS/IPsec) are not enabled or certificate-based authentication is not in use, the environment is affected by this cleartext credential vulnerability.
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 dataEnable encrypted network protocols (TLS/IPsec) for all CIMPLICITY communications, or migrate to certificate-based authentication to eliminate cleartext password transmission.
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- Implementation16.0 h
- Testing8.0 h
- Review / QA4.0 h
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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.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2022-21798 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.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- 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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