CVE-2022-30240 — An argument injection vulnerability in the browser-based authentication componen

An argument injection vulnerability in the browser-based authentication component of the Magnitude Simba Amazon Redshift JDBC Driver 1.2.40 through 1.2.55 may allow a local user to execute code. NOTE: this is different from CVE-2022-29972.

01What is this vulnerability?

An argument injection vulnerability in the browser-based authentication component of the Magnitude Simba Amazon Redshift JDBC Driver 1.2.40 through 1.2.55 may allow a local user to execute code. NOTE: this is different from CVE-2022-29972.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

08Timeline

• Published: 2022-05-09T17:15:14.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-03T06:40:47.928Z

09References

• www.magnitude.com — https://www.magnitude.com/products/data-connectivity
• insightsoftware.com — https://insightsoftware.com/trust/security/advisories/redshift-and-athena-driver…
• insightsoftware.com — https://insightsoftware.com/trust/security/advisories/redshift-and-athena-driver…