# 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.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.0 (`CVSS:3.0/I:L/UI:N/A:L/C:L/AC:H/S:C/AV:N/PR:L/RC:C/E:U/RL:O`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 30 Jun 2022
- **Updated:** 17 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-vh3j-h3x7-5qfq

## 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 (Improper Preservation of Permissions)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-22472?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 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.

## Is CVE-2022-22472 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-22472 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-22472 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-22472 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-2022-22472/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-22472/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-22472
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-22472
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-22472

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