# CVE-2022-22371: IBM Sterling B2B Integrator Standard Edition session fixation

> Attackers can impersonate users because sessions are not invalidated after password changes in IBM Sterling B2B Integrator.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 4 Jan 2023
- **Updated:** 10 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-g785-r4r2-28qv

## What is CVE-2022-22371?

CVE-2022-22371 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Ibm Sterling B2b Integrator, published on 4 Jan 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

IBM Sterling B2B Integrator Standard Edition 6.0.0.0 through 6.1.2.1 does not invalidate session after a password change which could allow an authenticated user to impersonate another user on the system.  IBM X-Force ID:  221195.

Weakness: CWE-613 (DEPRECATED: Insufficient Session Expiration)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-22371?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Sterling B2b Integrator.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-22371?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-22371 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-22371 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-22371 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Ibm Sterling B2b Integrator

- [CVE-2015-7450](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-7450/): IBM WebSphere Application Server and Server Hypervisor Edition Code Injection. (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2024-31903](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-31903/): IBM Sterling B2B Integrator Standard Edition code execution (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2019-4728](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-4728/): Deserialization in Sterling B2B Integrator (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2020-4762](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-4762/): Privilege escalation in Sterling B2B Integrator (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2017-1174](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-1174/): SQL injection in Sterling B2B Integrator (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-22371 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-22371 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Ibm Sterling B2b Integrator, published on 4 Jan 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-22371 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Ibm Sterling B2b Integrator. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-22371/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-22371/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-22371
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-22371
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-22371

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Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.