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Vulnerability record · CVE-2022-0859 · published 23 March 2022

CVE-2022-0859: Mcafee epolicy orchestrator insufficiently protected credentials vulnerability

MMcafee · Epolicy Orchestrator

McAfee Enterprise ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) prior to 5.10 Update 13 allows a local attacker to point an ePO server to an arbitrary SQL server during the restoration of the ePO server. To achieve this the attacker would have to be logged onto the server hosting the ePO server (restricted to administrators) and to know the SQL server password.

6.7 CVSS 3.1 Medium EPSS 0.21% · top 89.8% CWE-522 · Insufficiently protected credentials
6.7CVSS 3.1 base score, v2 4.4
0.21%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
2References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

McAfee Enterprise ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) prior to 5.10 Update 13 allows a local attacker to point an ePO server to an arbitrary SQL server during the restoration of the ePO server. To achieve this the attacker would have to be logged onto the server hosting the ePO server (restricted to administrators) and to know the SQL server password.

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10379 Broken Link
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10379 Broken Link

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2022-0859), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-10-06). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.