Vulnerability · Published Jun 30, 2022 · Assigned by ibm

CVE-2022-22487

Medium 5.9

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Spectrum Protect Server from IBM. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.5% (higher than 75% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.0)5.9Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)1.5%top 25.5% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

An IBM Spectrum Protect storage agent could allow a remote attacker to perform a brute force attack by allowing unlimited attempts to login to the storage agent without locking the administrative ID. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using brute force techniques to gain unauthorized administrative access to both the IBM Spectrum Protect storage agent and the IBM Spectrum Protect Server 8.1.0.000 through 8.1.14 with which it communicates. IBM X-Force ID: 226326.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
IBM	Spectrum Protect Server	8.1.0.0008.1.14

References

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6596881 x_refsource_CONFIRM
ibm-spectrum-cve202222487-info-disc (226326) vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF