Medium severity · published Sep 19, 2022
CVE-2022-40234
Versions of IBM Spectrum Protect Plus prior to 10.1.12 (excluding 10.1.12) include the private key information for a certificate inside the generated .crt file when uploading a…
5.9
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Versions of IBM Spectrum Protect Plus prior to 10.1.12 (excluding 10.1.12) include the private key information for a certificate inside the generated .crt file when uploading a TLS certificate to IBM Spectrum Protect Plus. If this generated .crt file is shared, an attacker can obtain the private key information for the uploaded certificate. IBM X-Force ID: 235718.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 49% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SP
Spectrum Protect Plus · IBM
10.1.0; 10.1.11 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-40234
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-40234
VDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/235718
Vendor Advisory
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6619947
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