Vulnerability · Published Jul 31, 2023 · Assigned by ibm

CVE-2022-43831IBM Spectrum Scale privilege escalation

High 7.4

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in Storage Scale Container Native Storage Access from IBM. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 7% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.4High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 93.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

IBM Storage Scale Container Native Storage Access 5.1.2.1 through 5.1.6.1 could allow a local user to obtain escalated privileges on a host without proper security context settings configured. IBM X-Force ID: 238941.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
IBM Storage Scale Container Native Storage Access 5.1.2.1 – through 5.1.6.1

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