CVE-2022-37937
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 · uneditedPre-auth memory corruption in HPE Serviceguard
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 confidenceA pre-authentication memory corruption vulnerability in HPE Serviceguard allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause denial of service without requiring any credentials. The memory corruption likely stems from improper bounds checking or unsafe memory operations in the Serviceguard component handling network requests.
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< a.12.80.05CVSS 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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Identify installed Serviceguard versionRun 'rpm -qa | grep -i serviceguard' or check /opt/serviceguard/version to find the installed version packageAffected if The installed version is lower than a.12.80.05 (for example, a.12.70.xx or earlier)
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Verify Serviceguard processes are runningRun 'ps -ef | grep -i serviceguard' or 'systemctl status cmx*' to check if Serviceguard daemons are activeAffected if Serviceguard processes (such as cmx, cmlogd, or related network services) are running and exposed to network access
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Identify listening network portsRun 'netstat -tlnp | grep -E "(cmx|cms|serviceguard)"' or 'ss -tlnp' to find ports bound by Serviceguard componentsAffected if Serviceguard is listening on network interfaces accessible from untrusted networks (especially ports 5000x, 5432/5433, or other Serviceguard-specific ports)
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Check network binding configurationInspect /etc/cmcluster/cmx/cmx.conf or similar Serviceguard configuration files to determine which IP addresses the service binds toAffected if Serviceguard is bound to 0.0.0.0 or an interface on a public/exposed network rather than localhost or a protected segment
The environment is affected if Serviceguard for Linux is installed with a version below a.12.80.05 and the Serviceguard network interfaces are accessible to remote attackers.
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.
dbcve · scopedApply the HPE security bulletin and patch for CVE-2022-37937 immediately. If no patch is available, consider network segmentation or disabling exposed Serviceguard interfaces until remediation is possible.
a.12.80.05 or later
- Backup all Serviceguard configuration files and cluster state data
- Stop the HPE Serviceguard service on all cluster nodes
- Download HPE Serviceguard for Linux version a.12.80.05 or later from support.hpe.com
- Install the updated Serviceguard package on each cluster node using the appropriate package manager (e.g., rpm or dpkg)
- Verify the installation succeeded by checking the installed version matches a.12.80.05 or later
- Restart the Serviceguard service on all cluster nodes
- Validate cluster health and functionality after upgrade
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
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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-2022-37937 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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