Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
CVE-2022-34871 is an authenticated privilege-escalation flaw in Centreon 21.10-2. A logged-in attacker could abuse weak SQL input validation in poller resource configuration handling to gain administrator-level control. This matters because Centreon often monitors critical infrastructure and operational systems.
Executive priority
Prioritize within normal high-severity remediation windows, faster if Centreon is internet-accessible or shared with many privileged users. The business risk is loss of monitoring-system control, which can affect visibility, integrity, and response operations.
Technical view
The source bundle describes a CWE-89 SQL injection issue in Centreon poller resource configuration. The flaw uses insufficient validation of user-supplied strings before SQL query construction. CVSS 7.2 reflects network reachability, low attack complexity, no user interaction, high required privileges, and high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact.
Likely exposure
Exposure is most likely in organizations running Centreon 21.10-2 with authenticated users who can reach or influence poller resource configuration. The bundle does not identify other affected versions, fixed versions, or cloud-hosted exposure conditions.
Exploitation context
The CVE is not listed as KEV in the supplied bundle. The sources support authenticated remote privilege escalation, but do not provide evidence of active exploitation or public weaponization. Treat internet-accessible or broadly accessible Centreon consoles as higher urgency.
Researcher notes
Evidence is limited to the CVE/ZDI description and Centreon release documentation reference. The affected product is Centreon 21.10-2 only as supplied. Avoid assuming unauthenticated exploitation, affected later releases, or a specific patch level without vendor confirmation.
Mitigation direction
- Inventory Centreon instances and identify any running version 21.10-2.
- Restrict Centreon access to trusted administrators and management networks.
- Review Centreon release notes and vendor guidance for fixed versions.
- Apply vendor-recommended Centreon updates when a fixed release is confirmed.
- Monitor for unexpected administrator role changes or poller configuration edits.
Validation and detection
- Confirm Centreon version from reliable asset, package, or application records.
- Identify users with access to poller resource configuration.
- Review audit logs for unusual poller resource changes.
- Check accounts and roles for unexpected administrator privileges.
- Map exposed Centreon interfaces to trusted network access only.
Public sources used
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- High
- CVSS
- 7.2 (3.0)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H1.25.9zdiVulnerability scoring details
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7.2HighVector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-953/CVE reference, zdi · x_refsource_MISC
- https://docs.centreon.com/docs/21.10/releases/centreon-core/CVE reference, zdi · x_refsource_MISC
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