# CVE-2022-38385: Missing authorization in Cloud Pak for Security

> Authenticated users can access sensitive data or perform unauthorized actions in IBM Cloud Pak for Security due to improper input validation.

- **Severity:** High 7.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/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:** 11 Nov 2022
- **Updated:** 1 May 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-grfg-6c65-69m4

## What is CVE-2022-38385?

CVE-2022-38385 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Ibm Cloud Pak for Security, published on 11 Nov 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

IBM Cloud Pak for Security (CP4S) 1.10.0.0 through 1.10.2.0 could allow an authenticated user to obtain highly sensitive information or perform unauthorized actions due to improper input validation. IBM X-Force ID: 233777.

Weakness: CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-38385?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Cloud Pak for Security.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-38385?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-38385 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-38385 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-38385 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-2022-38387](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-38387/): Command injection in Cloud Pak for Security (high 7.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-38385 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-38385 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Ibm Cloud Pak for Security, published on 11 Nov 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-2022-38385 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-2022-38385/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-38385/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-38385
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-38385
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-38385

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-38385/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.