Vulnerability · Published Mar 7, 2022 · Assigned by ibm

CVE-2022-22351

Medium 6.1

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in AIX from IBM. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.2% (higher than 68% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.0)6.1Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)1.2%top 31.9% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

IBM AIX 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, and VIOS 3.1 could allow a non-privileged trusted host user to exploit a vulnerability in the nimsh daemon to cause a denial of service in the nimsh daemon on another trusted host. IBM X-Force ID: 220396

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
IBM	AIX	7.17.27.3
IBM	VIOS	3.1

References

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6561275 x_refsource_CONFIRM
ibm-aix-cve202222351-dos (220396) vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF