# CVE-2022-38382: IBM Cloud Pak for Security session fixation

> Attackers can access sensitive information or hijack accounts because sessions are not invalidated after logout in IBM Cloud Pak for Security.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.7 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 13 Aug 2024
- **Updated:** 21 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-r67g-69pq-w76x

## What is CVE-2022-38382?

CVE-2022-38382 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Cloud Pak for Security, published on 13 Aug 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

IBM Cloud Pak for Security (CP4S) 1.10.0.0 through 1.10.11.0 and IBM QRadar Suite Software 1.10.12.0 through 1.10.23.0 does not invalidate session after logout which could allow another authenticated user to obtain sensitive information.  IBM X-Force ID:  233672.

Weakness: CWE-613 (DEPRECATED: Insufficient Session Expiration)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-38382?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Ibm Cloud Pak for Security, Ibm Qradar Suite.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-38382?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-38382 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-38382 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-38382 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Ibm Cloud Pak for Security

- [CVE-2025-25022](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-25022/): IBM QRadar Suite Software and IBM Cloud Pak for Security information disclosure (critical 9.6)
- [CVE-2021-29696](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-29696/): Command injection in Cloud Pak for Security (high 8.0)
- [CVE-2025-25021](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-25021/): IBM QRadar Suite Software and IBM Cloud Pak for Security code injection (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2023-47726](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-47726/): IBM QRadar Suite improper input validation (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2022-38385](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-38385/): Missing authorization in Cloud Pak for Security (high 7.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-38382 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-38382 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Cloud Pak for Security, published on 13 Aug 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-38382 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Ibm Cloud Pak for Security. 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-2022-38382/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-38382/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-38382
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-38382
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-38382

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