CVE-2022-22472 Auth bypass in Spectrum Protect Plus
Remote attackers can bypass authentication and gain unauthorized access by retrieving container logs, exposing sensitive data and permissions.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-22472?
CVE-2022-22472 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in IBM Spectrum Protect Plus, published on 30 Jun 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus Container Backup and Restore (10.1.5 through 10.1.10.2 for Kubernetes and 10.1.7 through 10.1.10.2 for Red Hat OpenShift) could allow a remote attacker to bypass IBM Spectrum Protect Plus role based access control restrictions, caused by improper disclosure of session information. By retrieving the logs of a container an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass login security of the IBM Spectrum Protect Plus server and gain unauthorized access based on the permissions of the IBM Spectrum Protect Plus user to the vulnerable Spectrum Protect Plus server software. IBM X-Force ID: 225340.
Weakness: CWE-281
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-22472?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ibm Spectrum Protect Plus Container Backup and Restore.
How do I fix CVE-2022-22472?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-22472 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.
Is CVE-2022-22472 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-22472 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-vh3j-h3x7-5qfq.