VDB-206068 · CVE-2022-2457 · GCVE-0-2022-2457

Red Hat Process Automation Manager Administration Console excessive authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Red Hat Process Automation Manager. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Administration Console. Executing a manipulation can lead to excessive authentication. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2022-2457. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Red Hat Process Automation Manager (Automation Software) (affected version not known) and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality of the component Administration Console. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a excessive authentication vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-307. The product does not implement sufficient measures to prevent multiple failed authentication attempts within a short time frame, making it more susceptible to brute force attacks. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

A flaw was found in Red Hat Process Automation Manager 7 where an attacker can benefit from a brute force attack against Administration Console as the application does not limit the number of unsuccessful login attempts.

The weakness was presented 08/11/2022 by Red Hat. The advisory is shared for download at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2022-2457 since 07/18/2022. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 08/27/2025). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1110.001.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Productinfo

Type

Automation Software

Vendor

Red Hat

Name

Process Automation Manager

License

open-source

Website

Vendor: https://www.redhat.com/

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.7
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.7

VulDB Base Score: 3.7
VulDB Temp Score: 3.7
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VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 9.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Excessive authentication
CWE: CWE-307 / CWE-799 / CWE-400
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

07/18/2022 🔍
08/11/2022 +24 days 🔍
08/11/2022 +0 days 🔍
08/27/2025 +1112 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: redhat.com

Advisory: bugzilla.redhat.com
Researcher: Red Hat
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-2457 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-2457
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-206068

Entryinfo

Created: 08/11/2022 07:20
Updated: 08/27/2025 21:53
Changes: 08/11/2022 07:20 (39), 09/04/2022 14:02 (11), 08/27/2025 21:53 (15)
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