# CVE-2022-43844: IBM Robotic Process Automation for Cloud Pak session fixation

> Attackers can hijack sessions due to improper logout redirection in IBM Robotic Process Automation for Cloud Pak, potentially leading to account takeover.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **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:** 5 Jan 2023
- **Updated:** 10 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-4m8g-qfmv-jcqg

## What is CVE-2022-43844?

CVE-2022-43844 is a high-severity vulnerability in IBM Robotic Process Automation for Cloud Pak, published on 5 Jan 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

IBM Robotic Process Automation for Cloud Pak 20.12 through 21.0.3 is vulnerable to broken access control.   A user is not correctly redirected to the platform log out screen when logging out of IBM RPA for Cloud Pak.  IBM X-Force ID:  239081.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-43844?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Robotic Process Automation for Cloud Pak.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-43844?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-43844 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-43844 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-43844 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in IBM Robotic Process Automation for Cloud Pak

- [CVE-2023-45189](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-45189/): IBM Robotic Process Automation information disclosure (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2022-38709](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-38709/): Cross-site scripting in Robotic Process Automation (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2022-35280](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-35280/): Weak cryptography in Robotic Process Automation (medium 4.6)
- [CVE-2024-51457](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-51457/): IBM Robotic Process Automation for Cloud Pak cross-site scripting (medium 4.4)
- [CVE-2023-22592](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-22592/): IBM Robotic Process Automation for Cloud Pak insufficient permission settings (medium 4.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-43844 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-43844 is a high-severity vulnerability in IBM Robotic Process Automation for Cloud Pak, published on 5 Jan 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-43844 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: IBM Robotic Process Automation for Cloud Pak. 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-2022-43844/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-43844/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-43844
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-43844
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-43844

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-43844/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.