# CVE-2022-23240: Missing authorization in Active IQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphere, Linux, and Microsoft Windows

> Unauthorized users can update EMS Subscriptions in NetApp Active IQ Unified Manager, requiring an upgrade to version 9.11P1 or later.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N`)
- **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:** 28 Feb 2023
- **Updated:** 18 Mar 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-2j4p-2hc9-62f4

## What is CVE-2022-23240?

CVE-2022-23240 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Netapp Active Iq Unified Manager, published on 28 Feb 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Active IQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphere, Linux, and Microsoft Windows versions prior to 9.11P1 are susceptible to a vulnerability which allows unauthorized users to update EMS Subscriptions via unspecified vectors.

Weakness: CWE-284 (Improper Access Control)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-23240?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Netapp Active Iq Unified Manager.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-23240?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-23240 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-23240 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-23240 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Netapp Active Iq Unified Manager

- [CVE-2022-31692](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-31692/): Spring Security authorization rules can be bypassed via forward or include dispatcher types (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-2526](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2526/): Use after free in systemd-resolved (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-22978](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-22978/): Authorization bypass in Spring Security (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-22931](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-22931/): Code injection in Node (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2018-2938](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-2938/): Code injection in Java (critical 9.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-23240 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-23240 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Netapp Active Iq Unified Manager, published on 28 Feb 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-23240 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Netapp Active Iq Unified Manager. 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-2022-23240/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-23240/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-23240
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-23240
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-23240

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-23240/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.