# CVE-2022-41732: IBM Maximo information disclosure

> Local attackers can read user credentials stored in plain text within IBM Maximo Mobile, leading to potential account compromise.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.2 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/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:** 28 Nov 2022
- **Updated:** 25 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-2q27-4jj5-ppf3

## What is CVE-2022-41732?

CVE-2022-41732 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Maximo Mobile, published on 28 Nov 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

IBM Maximo Mobile 8.7 and 8.8 stores user credentials in plain clear text which can be read by a local user. IBM X-Force ID: 237407.

Weakness: CWE-522 (Insufficiently Protected Credentials), CWE-256 (Plaintext Storage of a Password)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-41732?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Maximo Application Suite.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-41732?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-41732 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-41732 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-41732 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in IBM Maximo Mobile

- [CVE-2025-36386](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-36386/): There is a vulnerability in the IBM Maximo Manage application in IBM Maximo Application Suite for Cognos Analytics (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-27266](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-27266/): IBM Maximo Application Suite XML external entity injection (high 8.2)
- [CVE-2025-2898](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-2898/): IBM Maximo Application Suite privilege escalation (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2024-22328](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-22328/): IBM Maximo Application Suite information disclosure (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2023-43037](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-43037/): IBM Maximo Application Suite improper access control (medium 6.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-41732 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-41732 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Maximo Mobile, published on 28 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-2022-41732 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: IBM Maximo Mobile. 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-2022-41732/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-41732/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-41732
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-41732
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-41732

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-41732/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.