CVE-2022-22445 Privilege escalation in PowerVM Hypervisor
Attackers with service or admin access can compromise partition firmware on IBM PowerVM Hypervisor, leading to privilege escalation and code execution.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-22445?
CVE-2022-22445 is a high-severity vulnerability in IBM PowerVM Hypervisor, published on 18 Jul 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An attacker that gains service access to the FSP (POWER9 only) or gains admin authority to a partition can compromise partition firmware.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-22445?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ibm Powervm Hypervisor.
How do I fix CVE-2022-22445?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-22445 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2022-22445 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-22445 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in IBM PowerVM Hypervisor
Sources
Also known as GHSA-wpqf-f5ff-6c5w.