CVE-2021-42392

CRITICALNVD 9.89.8
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

“—” beside the score: it is equal to NVD's CVSS score.

Score 9.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2022-01-06. NVD baseline CVSS 9.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: EPSS, GitHub Security Advisory, NVD CVSS v3
Elevated

Also known asEUVD-2022-0610 (ENISA EUVD) · GHSA-h376-j262-vhq6 (GitHub Security Advisories)Source: ENISA EUVD

9.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixRemediate within your standard update timelines (the SSVC decision on this page).
  • High exploitation likelihood — EPSS 83%
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 83%CVSS: 9.8Exploit: No code on recordExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

The org.h2.util.JdbcUtils.getConnection method of the H2 database takes as parameters the class name of the driver and URL of the database. An attacker may pass a JNDI driver name and a URL leading to a LDAP or RMI servers, causing remote code execution. This can be exploited through various attack vectors, most notably through the H2 Console which leads to unauthenticated remote code execution.

CVSS v3
9.8
EG Score
9.8CRITICALmedium confidence
EG Risk
77
EG Risk 77/100

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score. It fuses impact severity (EG Severity, the CVSS base score, never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score) with real-world exploitation and automatability, under weights EchelonGraph set by hand, so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner.

How it’s computed (value × EchelonGraph’s weight)
Severity98% × 45%
Impact severity (EG Severity): CVSS 9.8 of 10. Never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score.
Exploitation83% × 40%
FIRST EPSS: the 30-day exploitation probability when EchelonGraph scored this CVE.
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA's BOD 26-04 default: no one has published Automatable for this CVE, and CISA treats it as “no” for a CVE not in KEV.
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph): Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).
Exploitation none (no CISA value, KEV listing or exploit code on record) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). EchelonGraph holds no SSVC assessment of this CVE from CISA: none of these inputs is from Vulnrichment. EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE.
Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.
EPSS PROB
83%
EPSS %ILE
99th
KEV
Not listed

What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)

The EG score (9.8): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 9.8 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.

EG Severity
9.8 CRITICALCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
EG Likelihood
83% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-11-12). FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
Confirmed exploitation
None on record (CISA KEV, EG-KEV Tier 1)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
EG Priority
SSVC Track at medium mission impactTrack at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).CISA BOD 26-04: 14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.Each input and its source, and whom BOD 26-04 binds: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.

SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).

A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.

Exploitation none (no CISA value, KEV listing or exploit code on record) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). EchelonGraph holds no SSVC assessment of this CVE from CISA: none of these inputs is from Vulnrichment. EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table

BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.

The score's inputs: In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). Where an input reads “CISA's BOD 26-04 default”, no one has published it for this CVE, and CISA's implementation guidance says: “If “Automatable” and “Technical Impact” information items about a CVE ID are not available and the CVE ID is not in the KEV Catalog, CISA will treat its values as “no” and “total,” respectively, until CISA or a third party provides metadata about the CVE ID. CISA will always provide the Vulnrichment data for a CVE ID listed in the KEV Catalog.” Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it

Published

January 10, 2022

Last Modified

November 21, 2024

Advisory Details (6)

Auto-updated Oct 11, 2026
Patch available. Sources: github.
Web pageMentions a patch (unverified)

[SECURITY] [DLA 2923-1] h2database security update

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/02/msg00017.html
Web page

JNDI-Related Vulnerability Discovered in H2 Database Console | JFrog

https://jfrog.com/blog/the-jndi-strikes-back-unauthenticated-rce-in-h2-database-console/
GitHub advisoryMentions a patch (unverified)

RCE in H2 Console · Advisory · h2database/h2database · GitHub

https://github.com/h2database/h2database/security/advisories/GHSA-h376-j262-vhq6
Web page

Log4Shell-Critical Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in H2database C | SecPod

https://www.secpod.com/blog/log4shell-critical-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-in-h2database-console/
Web page

[SECURITY] [DSA 5076-1] h2database security update

https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5076

Patch Availability(14)

Vendor / EcosystemFix (by version range) / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntulibh2-java-doc (1.4.191-1ubuntu0.1~esm1) @ xenial2026-11-02ubuntu
ubuntulibh2-java-doc (1.4.197-4+deb10u1build0.21.10.1) @ impish2026-11-02ubuntu
redhateap7-wildfly-0:7.3.12-3.GA_redhat_00002.1.el7eap2025-02-24redhat
redhatrh-sso7-keycloak-0:18.0.3-1.redhat_00001.1.el9sso2022-11-03redhat
redhath22022-11-03redhat
redhatrh-sso7-keycloak-0:18.0.3-1.redhat_00001.1.el8sso2022-11-03redhat
redhatrh-sso7-keycloak-0:18.0.3-1.redhat_00001.1.el7sso2022-11-03redhat
redhatrh-sso7-keycloak-0:15.0.8-1.redhat_00001.1.el7sso2022-10-04redhat
redhatrh-sso7-keycloak-0:15.0.8-1.redhat_00001.1.el8sso2022-10-04redhat
redhatcom.h2database/h2:1.4.197.redhat-000042022-06-06redhat
redhateap7-h2database-0:1.4.197-2.redhat_00004.1.el7eap2022-06-06redhat
redhateap7-h2database-0:1.4.197-2.redhat_00004.1.el8eap2022-06-06redhat
redhatpatch2022-03-22redhat
mavencom.h2database:h2 @ 2.0.206 (fixes >= 1.1.100, < 2.0.206)—ghsa

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(7 across 7 ecosystems)
Debian:10(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
h2database1.4.197-4
  • every version up to 1.4.197-4+deb10u1: fixed in 1.4.197-4+deb10u1
—
Debian:11(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
h2database1.4.197-4
  • every version up to 1.4.197-4+deb11u1: fixed in 1.4.197-4+deb11u1
—
Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
h2database—
  • every version up to 2.1.210-1: fixed in 2.1.210-1
—
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
h2database—
  • every version up to 2.1.210-1: fixed in 2.1.210-1
—
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
h2database—
  • every version up to 2.1.210-1: fixed in 2.1.210-1
—
Debian:9(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
h2database1.4.193-1
  • every version up to 1.4.193-1+deb9u1: fixed in 1.4.193-1+deb9u1
—
Maven(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
com.h2database:h21.1.100 ... 2.0.204 (103 versions)
  • 1.1.100 up to 2.0.206: fixed in 2.0.206
—

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Additional Vendor Advisories

(2)

Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 17× in last 7d / 56× in last 30d)

Each row is a time one of our pipelines fetched, updated or re-scored this CVE. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed its CVE.org record (CNA or CISA ADP). An arrow marks a change the record states ("CVSS v3 → 9.1"); EPSS and GHSA rows show the values recorded at that time, not what changed (EPSS values are rounded; hover one for the exact figures). "EchelonGraph re-scored" is our own recompute of this CVE's score, not an update from a source, and is not counted in the refreshes above. Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 213 rows on record for this CVE.

A repeat, a row identical to one the same pipeline wrote less than 10 seconds earlier, is not a separate refresh and is not counted. None are among the latest 100 rows. The 113 oldest rows on record are not shown and were not checked, so the counts can still include repeats.

  1. 2026-11-13 16:41 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 83% · 99th percentile
  2. 2026-11-13 16:02 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  3. 2026-11-13 16:02 UTCVendor advisory
  4. 2026-11-13 16:02 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-h376-j262-vhq6 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  5. 2026-11-12 14:06 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  6. 2026-11-12 14:06 UTCVendor advisory
  7. 2026-11-12 14:06 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-h376-j262-vhq6 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  8. 2026-11-11 16:31 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 83% · 99th percentile
  9. 2026-11-11 12:11 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  10. 2026-11-11 12:11 UTCVendor advisory
  11. 2026-11-11 12:11 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-h376-j262-vhq6 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  12. 2026-11-10 10:17 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  13. 2026-11-10 10:17 UTCVendor advisory
  14. 2026-11-10 10:17 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-h376-j262-vhq6 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  15. 2026-11-09 08:20 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  16. 2026-11-09 08:20 UTCVendor advisory
  17. 2026-11-09 08:20 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-h376-j262-vhq6 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  18. 2026-11-08 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 83% · 99th percentile
  19. 2026-11-08 06:27 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  20. 2026-11-08 06:27 UTCVendor advisory
  21. 2026-11-08 06:27 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-h376-j262-vhq6 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  22. 2026-11-07 04:33 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  23. 2026-11-07 04:33 UTCVendor advisory
  24. 2026-11-07 04:33 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-h376-j262-vhq6 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  25. 2026-11-06 02:40 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
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  1. 2026-11-06 02:40 UTCVendor advisory
  2. 2026-11-06 02:40 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-h376-j262-vhq6 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  3. 2026-11-05 16:31 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 83% · 99th percentile
  4. 2026-11-05 00:46 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  5. 2026-11-05 00:46 UTCVendor advisory
  6. 2026-11-05 00:46 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-h376-j262-vhq6 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  7. 2026-11-03 22:52 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  8. 2026-11-03 22:52 UTCVendor advisory
  9. 2026-11-03 22:52 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-h376-j262-vhq6 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  10. 2026-11-03 20:55 UTCOSV refresh
  11. 2026-11-03 16:38 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 83% · 99th percentile
  12. 2026-11-02 20:58 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  13. 2026-11-02 20:58 UTCVendor advisory
  14. 2026-11-02 20:58 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-h376-j262-vhq6 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  15. 2026-11-01 19:05 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  16. 2026-11-01 19:05 UTCVendor advisory
  17. 2026-11-01 19:05 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-h376-j262-vhq6 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  18. 2026-11-01 08:30 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-h376-j262-vhq6 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  19. 2026-11-01 08:30 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  20. 2026-10-31 17:10 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  21. 2026-10-31 17:10 UTCVendor advisory
  22. 2026-10-31 16:29 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 83% · 99th percentile
  23. 2026-10-30 15:16 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  24. 2026-10-30 15:16 UTCVendor advisory
  25. 2026-10-29 16:29 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 83% · 99th percentile
  26. 2026-10-29 13:22 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  27. 2026-10-29 13:22 UTCVendor advisory
  28. 2026-10-28 11:27 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  29. 2026-10-28 11:27 UTCVendor advisory
  30. 2026-10-27 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 83% · 99th percentile
  31. 2026-10-27 09:05 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  32. 2026-10-27 09:05 UTCVendor advisory
  33. 2026-10-26 06:09 UTCVendor advisory
  34. 2026-10-25 18:21 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  35. 2026-10-25 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 83% · 99th percentile
  36. 2026-10-25 04:16 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  37. 2026-10-25 04:16 UTCVendor advisory
  38. 2026-10-24 02:23 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  39. 2026-10-24 02:23 UTCVendor advisory
  40. 2026-10-23 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 83% · 99th percentile
  41. 2026-10-23 00:28 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  42. 2026-10-23 00:28 UTCVendor advisory
  43. 2026-10-21 22:34 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  44. 2026-10-21 22:34 UTCVendor advisory
  45. 2026-10-21 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 83% · 99th percentile
  46. 2026-10-20 20:40 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  47. 2026-10-20 20:40 UTCVendor advisory
  48. 2026-10-19 18:46 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  49. 2026-10-19 18:46 UTCVendor advisory
  50. 2026-10-19 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 83% · 99th percentile
  51. 2026-10-18 16:51 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  52. 2026-10-18 16:51 UTCVendor advisory
  53. 2026-10-18 13:44 UTCVendor advisory
  54. 2026-10-18 08:53 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  55. 2026-10-17 11:50 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  56. 2026-10-17 11:50 UTCVendor advisory
  57. 2026-10-16 09:55 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  58. 2026-10-16 09:55 UTCVendor advisory
  59. 2026-10-15 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 83% · 99th percentile
  60. 2026-10-15 08:01 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  61. 2026-10-15 08:01 UTCVendor advisory
  62. 2026-10-14 16:29 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 83% · 99th percentile
  63. 2026-10-14 04:00 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  64. 2026-10-14 04:00 UTCVendor advisory
  65. 2026-10-13 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 83% · 99th percentile
  66. 2026-10-12 23:52 UTCVendor advisory
  67. 2026-10-12 19:09 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  68. 2026-10-11 23:34 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  69. 2026-10-10 19:56 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 83% · 99th percentile
  70. 2026-10-06 15:14 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 83% · 99th percentile
  71. 2026-10-03 14:22 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 83% · 99th percentile
  72. 2026-10-01 19:46 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 83% · 99th percentile
  73. 2026-09-30 15:42 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  74. 2026-09-25 08:36 UTCOSV refresh
  75. 2026-09-24 14:00 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 83% · 99th percentile

Public detection checks

(2 references)

Public detection checks are referenced for this CVE (1 Nuclei detection template, 1 GitHub checker repository). A detection template checks whether a system is affected; it is not necessarily exploit code. A GitHub repository named or described as a checker or scanner checks whether a system is affected; it is not necessarily exploit code.

  • Nucleihttp/cves/2021/CVE-2021-42392.yaml
    Published Sep 18, 2026

    H2 Database Console - JNDI Injection RCE

    Open source ↗
  • GitHub checkercybersecurityworks553/CVE-2021-42392-Detect
    Published Jan 9, 2022
    Open source ↗

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2021-42392?
CVE-2021-42392 is a critical-severity vulnerability; its CVE record was published on January 10, 2022. The org.h2.util.JdbcUtils.getConnection method of the H2 database takes as parameters the class name of the driver and URL of the database. An attacker may pass a JNDI driver name and a URL leading to a LDAP or RMI servers, causing remote code execution. This can be exploited through various attack…
When was the CVE record for CVE-2021-42392 published?
The CVE record for CVE-2021-42392 was published on January 10, 2022. That is the record's publication date; the vulnerability itself may have been made public earlier. EchelonGraph's copy of the record carries a last-modified date of November 21, 2024; the record at its source may have been updated since.
Is CVE-2021-42392 actively exploited?
CVE-2021-42392 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 83% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (99th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2021-42392?
CVE-2021-42392 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2021-42392?
A fix for CVE-2021-42392 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2021-42392 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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