Unauthenticated account password change
Published Jun 15, 2022 · Updated Sep 16, 2024
Unverified password change in Johnson Controls Metasys 10 before 10.1.5 and 11 before 11.0.2 allows attackers to alter account credentials. Johnson Controls has not published the affected endpoint or the validation step omitted when processing a password-change request. Exploitation requires adjacent-network access but no prior privileges or user interaction, and a successful request can replace account credentials.
Summary
What happened
Unverified password change in Johnson Controls Metasys 10 before 10.1.5 and 11 before 11.0.2 allows attackers to alter account credentials. Johnson Controls has not published the affected endpoint or the validation step omitted when processing a password-change request. Exploitation requires adjacent-network access but no prior privileges or user interaction, and a successful request can replace account credentials.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-21935
- Published
- Jun 15, 2022
- Updated
- Sep 16, 2024
- Vendor
- Johnson Controls
- Product
- Metasys
- Classifications
- CWE-287, CWE-620, T1098
- Attack vector
- adjacent
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jun 15, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 16, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=All 10 versions <10.1.5
- Affected versionversion=All 11 versions <11.0.2
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