CVE-2022-33756
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 · uneditedCA Automic Automation 12.2 and 12.3 contain an entropy weakness vulnerability in the Automic AutomationEngine that could allow a remote attacker to potentially access sensitive data.
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 · moderate confidenceCA Automic Automation Engine versions 12.2 and 12.3 contain an entropy weakness that allows a remote attacker to potentially access sensitive data due to insufficient randomness in cryptographic operations, likely affecting session tokens, keys, or authentication credentials.
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 data= 12.2= 12.3CVSS 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
- None
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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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Identify if Automic Automation Engine is installedCheck common installation paths such as /opt/automic, C:\Program Files\Automic, or /usr/automic. Look for directories containing 'automic' or 'AutomationEngine' in the filesystem.Affected if The Automic Automation Engine software is found on the system
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Determine the installed version numberLocate the version file or executable. Common methods include: running 'java -jar AutomationEngine.jar -version' from the installation bin directory, checking VERSION.txt in the install directory, or viewing the version displayed in the Automic Workbench client upon connection.Affected if The installed version is exactly 12.2 or exactly 12.3
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Verify the Java Runtime Environment versionRun 'java -version' from the command line to confirm the JRE version running the Automic installation, as the engine is Java-based and version compatibility may affect which components use weak entropy.Affected if A JRE is present and the Automic engine is operational (this confirms the vulnerable cryptographic code is in use)
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Confirm authentication or session token usageCheck if the Automic installation is configured with user authentication enabled by reviewing the authentication configuration in the Automic Administration perspective or by verifying that login to the Workbench or REST API requires credentials.Affected if Authentication is enabled, which means the weak entropy could affect session tokens, keys, or credentials
An environment is affected if Automic Automation Engine version 12.2 or 12.3 is installed and authentication or session management is in use, as the insufficient entropy in cryptographic operations could compromise those credentials.
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 vendor-supplied patches for CVE-2022-33756 or upgrade to a patched version of Automic Automation. Verify cryptographic entropy sources and rotate any potentially compromised credentials or session tokens.
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- Review / QA2.0 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.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2022-33756 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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