Those using java.sql.Statement or java.sql.PreparedStatement in hsqldb (HyperSQL DataBase) to process untrusted input may be vulnerable to a remote code execution attack. By default it is allowed to call any static method of any Java class in the classpath resulting in code execution. The issue can be prevented by updating to 2.7.1 or by setting the system property "hsqldb.method_class_names" to classes which are allowed to be called. For example, System.setProperty("hsqldb.method_class_names", "abc") or Java argument -Dhsqldb.method_class_names="abc" can be used. From version 2.7.1 all classes by default are not accessible except those in java.lang.Math and need to be manually enabled.
CVE-2022-41853
This high-severity CVE scores 8.0 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 70.1%, top 1% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 8.0
- EG Score
- 8.0(medium)
- EPSS
- 87.8%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
October 6, 2022
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
References (8)
- cve-coordination@googlehttp://hsqldb.org/doc/2.0/guide/sqlroutines-chapt.html#src_jrt_access_control
- cve-coordination@googlehttps://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=50212#c7
- cve-coordination@googlehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00020.html
- cve-coordination@googlehttps://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5313
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://hsqldb.org/doc/2.0/guide/sqlroutines-chapt.html#src_jrt_access_control
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=50212#c7
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00020.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5313
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2022-41853(6)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- RHSA-2024:10207Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3.11 Security update
- RHSA-2024:10208Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1.8 on RHEL 7 security update
- RHSA-2023:2100Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Integration Camel for Spring Boot 3.20.1 security update
- RHSA-2023:1512Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.10 on RHEL 7 security update
- RHSA-2023:1513Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.10 on RHEL 8 security update
- RHSA-2023:1514Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.10 on RHEL 9 security update
Patch Availability(8)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhat | eap7-xalan-j2-0:2.7.1-26.redhat_00015.1.ep7.el7 | 2024-11-25 | redhat |
| redhat | eap7-xml-security-0:2.2.3-2.redhat_00001.1.el7eap | 2024-11-25 | redhat |
| redhat | hsqldb | 2023-05-03 | redhat |
| redhat | eap7-wildfly-http-client-0:1.1.16-1.Final_redhat_00002.1.el7eap | 2023-03-29 | redhat |
| redhat | eap7-wildfly-http-client-0:1.1.16-1.Final_redhat_00002.1.el8eap | 2023-03-29 | redhat |
| redhat | eap7-wildfly-http-client-0:1.1.16-1.Final_redhat_00002.1.el9eap | 2023-03-29 | redhat |
| redhat | hsqldb-1:1.8.1.3-15.el7_9 | 2022-11-21 | redhat |
| redhat | hsqldb-1:1.8.0.10-13.el6_10 | 2022-11-21 | redhat |
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
(1 across 1 ecosystem)
Maven(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| org.hsqldb:hsqldb | 1.8.0.10 ... 2.7.0 (22 versions) | 2.7.1 | — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Additional Vendor Advisories
(4)
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 7× in last 7d / 43× in last 30d)
Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.
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- 2026-05-25 14:19 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-05-25 14:19 UTCVendor advisory
Publicly available exploits
(1 reference)Working exploit code is in the public domain (1 GitHub PoC). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.
- GitHub PoCmbadanoiu/CVE-2022-41853First seen Nov 24, 2023
Research into CVE-2022-41853: Using static functions to obtian RCE via Java Deserialization & Remote Codebase Attack
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