CVE-2022-33164 IBM Security Directory Server path traversal

What is CVE-2022-33164?

CVE-2022-33164 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in IBM Security Directory Integrator, published on 8 Sep 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

Official description

IBM Security Directory Server 7.2.0 could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system. An attacker could send a specially crafted URL request containing "dot dot" sequences (/../) to view or write to arbitrary files on the system. IBM X-Force ID: 228579.

Weakness: CWE-22

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-33164?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ibm Security Directory Server.

How do I fix CVE-2022-33164?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-33164 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2022-33164 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-33164 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in IBM Security Directory Integrator

• CVE-2019-4520 Security feature bypass in Security Directory Server High 7.5
• CVE-2015-1977 Path traversal in n/a High 7.5
• CVE-2019-4538 Open redirect in Security Directory Server High 7.4
• CVE-2019-4539 XML external entity in Security Directory Server High 7.1
• CVE-2019-4541 Security feature bypass in Security Directory Server Medium 6.5

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-fmxp-7cwf-fmr4.