# CVE-2022-22396: Information disclosure in Spectrum Protect Plus

> Attackers with log access can read clear-text credentials for vSnap, offload targets, or VADP in IBM Spectrum Protect Plus logs.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.8 (`CVSS:3.0/I:N/A:N/AV:N/AC:L/S:C/UI:N/PR:H/C:H/RL:O/E:U/RC:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 6 Jun 2022
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-7q6h-cg2p-9cxp

## What is CVE-2022-22396?

CVE-2022-22396 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Spectrum Protect Plus, published on 6 Jun 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Credentials are printed in clear text in the IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.0.0 through 10.1.9.3 virgo log file in certain cases. Credentials could be the remote vSnap, offload targets, or VADP credentials depending on the operation performed. Credentials that are using API key or certificate are not printed. IBM X-Force ID: 222231.

Weakness: CWE-522 (Insufficiently Protected Credentials)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-22396?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Spectrum Protect Plus.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-22396?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-22396 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-22396 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-22396 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in IBM Spectrum Protect Plus

- [CVE-2020-4854](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-4854/): Hardcoded credentials in Spectrum Protect Plus (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-4242](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-4242/): Command injection in Spectrum Protect Plus (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2019-4357](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-4357/): Code injection in Spectrum Protect Plus (high 8.2)
- [CVE-2020-4469](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-4469/): Command injection in Spectrum Protect Plus (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2020-4703](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-4703/): File upload in Spectrum Protect Plus (high 8.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-22396 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-22396 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Spectrum Protect Plus, published on 6 Jun 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-22396 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: IBM Spectrum Protect Plus. 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-2022-22396/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-22396/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-22396
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-22396
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-22396

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-22396/
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