Vulnerability · Published Sep 19, 2022 · Assigned by ibm

CVE-2022-40234

Medium 5.9

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Spectrum Protect Plus from IBM. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 49% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.0)5.9Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 50.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official 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.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.010.1.11

References