# CVE-2022-34354: IBM Sterling Partner Engagement Manager information disclosure

> Local users can read encrypted client data stored on the system, leading to information disclosure in IBM Sterling Partner Engagement Manager.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.0 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 16 Nov 2022
- **Updated:** 25 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-vg7q-fc44-5hp4

## What is CVE-2022-34354?

CVE-2022-34354 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Partner Engagement Manager, published on 16 Nov 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

IBM Sterling Partner Engagement Manager 2.0 allows encrypted storage of client data to be stored locally which can be read by another user on the system. IBM X-Force ID: 230424.

Weakness: CWE-922 (Insecure Storage of Sensitive Information)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-34354?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Partner Engagement Manager.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-34354?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-34354 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-34354 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-34354 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in IBM Partner Engagement Manager

- [CVE-2021-29781](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-29781/): Deserialization in Partner Engagement Manager (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-22360](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-22360/): Other in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2022-22358](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-22358/): XML external entity in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2022-22328](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-22328/): Privilege escalation in SterlingPartner Engagement Manager (medium 6.2)
- [CVE-2022-22332](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-22332/): Security feature bypass in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager (medium 5.6)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-34354 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-34354 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Partner Engagement Manager, published on 16 Nov 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-34354 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: IBM Partner Engagement 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-2022-34354/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-34354/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-34354
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-34354
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-34354

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-34354/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.