{"id":"GHSA-22wj-vf5f-wrvj","summary":"Password exposure in H2 Database ","details":"The web-based admin console in H2 Database Engine through 2.1.214 can be started via the CLI with the argument -webAdminPassword, which allows the user to specify the password in cleartext for the web admin console. Consequently, a local user (or an attacker that has obtained local access through some means) would be able to discover the password by listing processes and their arguments. NOTE: the vendor states \"This is not a vulnerability of H2 Console ... Passwords should never be passed on the command line and every qualified DBA or system administrator is expected to know that.\"","aliases":["CVE-2022-45868"],"modified":"2026-07-17T21:07:00.554860031Z","published":"2022-11-23T21:30:31Z","database_specific":{"github_reviewed":true,"github_reviewed_at":"2022-11-23T22:31:05Z","nvd_published_at":"2022-11-23T21:15:00Z","cwe_ids":["CWE-200","CWE-312"],"severity":"HIGH"},"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-45868"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/h2database/h2database/issues/3686"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/h2database/h2database/pull/3833"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/h2database/h2database/commit/581ed18ff9d6b3761d851620ed88a3994a351a0d"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-22wj-vf5f-wrvj"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://github.com/h2database/h2database"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/h2database/h2database/blob/96832bf5a97cdc0adc1f2066ed61c54990d66ab5/h2/src/main/org/h2/server/web/WebServer.java#L346-L347"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/h2database/h2database/releases/tag/version-2.2.220"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://sites.google.com/sonatype.com/vulnerabilities/sonatype-2022-6243"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"com.h2database:h2","ecosystem":"Maven","purl":"pkg:maven/com.h2database/h2"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"1.4.198"},{"fixed":"2.2.220"}]}],"versions":["1.4.198","1.4.199","1.4.200","2.0.202","2.0.204","2.0.206","2.1.210","2.1.212","2.1.214"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/11/GHSA-22wj-vf5f-wrvj/GHSA-22wj-vf5f-wrvj.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}