{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 2 products.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-35720 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2022-35720 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2022-35720 is a low-severity vulnerability in IBM Sterling External Authentication Server, published on 8 Feb 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2022-35720 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2022-35720 is a low-severity vulnerability in IBM Sterling External Authentication Server, published on 8 Feb 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-35720 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: IBM Sterling External Authentication Server. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. 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.\n2. 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.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-35720/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-35720/index.md)","id":"CVE-2022-35720","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-35720/index.md","name":"CVE-2022-35720","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-j98c-p6qv-fm8c"],"analysis":{"component_type":"server_software","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["data_read"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"IBM Sterling authentication server","requires_auth":"high_privilege","summary":"A local attacker can decrypt sensitive information due to weak cryptographic algorithms used during installation in IBM Sterling products.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"weak_cryptography"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"ibm","cpe":[{"product":"sterling_external_authentication_server","vendor":"ibm"},{"product":"sterling_secure_proxy","vendor":"ibm"}],"cvss":{"score":2.3,"severity":"low","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-327","name":"Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm"}],"description":"IBM Sterling External Authentication Server 6.1.0 and IBM Sterling Secure Proxy 6.0.3 uses weaker than expected cryptographic algorithms during installation that could allow a local attacker to decrypt sensitive information.  IBM X-Force ID:  231373.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"IBM Sterling External Authentication Server information disclosure","id":"CVE-2022-35720","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"weak_cryptography","year":"2022"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":2,"next":{"headline":"Cross-site scripting in Jazz for Service Management","id":"CVE-2022-35721"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Information disclosure in MQ Internet Pass-Thru","id":"CVE-2022-35719"},"products":["Sterling External Authentication Server","Sterling Secure Proxy"],"published":"2023-02-08","related":[{"cvss_score":8.2,"headline":"XML external entity in External Authentication Server","id":"CVE-2020-4462","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2020-07-16"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Command injection in Sterling External Authentication Server","id":"CVE-2013-0517","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2020-02-11"},{"cvss_score":7.5,"headline":"Denial of service in Sterling Secure Proxy","id":"CVE-2022-22336","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2022-02-23"},{"cvss_score":6.5,"headline":"Memory corruption in Sterling Secure Proxy","id":"CVE-2022-22333","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2022-02-23"},{"cvss_score":5.9,"headline":"Weak cryptography in Sterling Secure Proxy","id":"CVE-2021-29722","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2021-08-30"},{"cvss_score":5.9,"headline":"Weak cryptography in Sterling Secure Proxy","id":"CVE-2021-29723","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2021-08-30"},{"cvss_score":5.1,"headline":"IBM Sterling Secure Proxy information disclosure","id":"CVE-2023-29261","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-09-05"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"partial"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2025-03-25","vendors":["IBM"]},"summary":"A local attacker can decrypt sensitive information due to weak cryptographic algorithms used during installation in IBM Sterling products.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-35720/"}