# CVE-2022-35646: IBM Security Verify Governance, Identity Manager security bypass

> Authenticated users can bypass security controls to modify or cancel other users' access requests via man-in-the-middle attacks.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.9 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/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:** 22 Dec 2022
- **Updated:** 15 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-294j-79hr-f57f

## What is CVE-2022-35646?

CVE-2022-35646 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Security Verify Governance, Identity Manager, published on 22 Dec 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

IBM Security Verify Governance, Identity Manager 10.0.1 software component could allow an authenticated user to modify or cancel any other user's access request using man-in-the-middle techniques. IBM X-Force ID: 231096.

Weakness: CWE-287 (Improper Authentication)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-35646?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Security Verify Governance.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-35646?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-35646 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-35646 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-35646 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in IBM Security Verify Governance, Identity Manager

- [CVE-2025-36003](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-36003/): IBM Security Verify Governance Identity Manager information disclosure (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2023-33839](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-33839/): IBM Security Verify Governance command execution (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2023-35019](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-35019/): IBM Security Verify Governance command execution (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2022-22466](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-22466/): IBM Security Verify Governance information disclosure (medium 6.8)
- [CVE-2023-35016](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-35016/): IBM Security Verify Governance path traversal (medium 6.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-35646 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-35646 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Security Verify Governance, Identity Manager, published on 22 Dec 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-2022-35646 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: IBM Security Verify Governance, Identity 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-2022-35646/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-35646/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-35646
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-35646
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-35646

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Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.