# CVE-2022-42439: IBM App Connect Enterprise information disclosure

> A vulnerability in IBM App Connect Enterprise exposes third-party system credentials to privileged attackers, requiring a patch to mitigate data leakage risks.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 6 Feb 2023
- **Updated:** 25 Mar 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-chpv-rv7m-7qxg

## What is CVE-2022-42439?

CVE-2022-42439 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM App Connect Enterprise, published on 6 Feb 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

IBM App Connect Enterprise 11.0.0.17 through 11.0.0.19 and 12.0.4.0 and 12.0.5.0 contains an unspecified vulnerability in the Discovery Connector nodes which may cause a 3rd party system’s credentials to be exposed to a privileged attacker. IBM X-Force ID: 238211.

Weakness: CWE-532 (Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File), CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-42439?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Ibm App Connect Enterprise, Ibm App Connect Enterprise Certified Container.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-42439?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-42439 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-42439 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-42439 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in IBM App Connect Enterprise

- [CVE-2026-15435](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-15435/): IBM App Connect Enterprise is vulnerable to arbitrary file write vulnerability (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-22317](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-22317/): IBM App Connect Enterprise denial of service (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2026-75624](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-75624/): IBM App Connect Enterprise is vulnerable to privilege escalation and Denial of Service (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2026-14522](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-14522/): IBM App Connect Enterprise is vulnerable to an arbitrary file read and arbitrary changes to configuration settings (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2026-81832](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-81832/): IBM App Connect Enterprise and IBM Integration Bus for z/OS Adapter nodes are vulnerable to multiple CVEs (high 7.7)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-42439 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-42439 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM App Connect Enterprise, published on 6 Feb 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-42439 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: IBM App Connect Enterprise. 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-2022-42439/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-42439/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-42439
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-42439
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-42439

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-42439/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.