# CVE-2022-43901: IBM WebSphere Automation for IBM Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps information disclosure

> An authenticated local attacker can disclose sensitive information from other components in IBM WebSphere Automation for Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.7 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 1 Dec 2022
- **Updated:** 23 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-82g9-h5x7-73w7

## What is CVE-2022-43901?

CVE-2022-43901 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM WebSphere Automation for Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps, published on 1 Dec 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

IBM WebSphere Automation for IBM Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps 1.4.3 could disclose sensitive information. An authenticated local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to possibly gain information to other IBM WebSphere Automation for IBM Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps components. IBM X-Force ID: 240829.

Weakness: CWE-668 (Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere), CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-43901?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Websphere Automation for Ibm Cloud Pak for Watson Aiops.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-43901?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-43901 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-43901 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-43901 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in IBM WebSphere Automation for Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps

- [CVE-2022-43900](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-43900/): IBM WebSphere Automation for IBM Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps security bypass (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2022-22493](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-22493/): Cross-site request forgery in WebSphere Automation for Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps (low 3.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-43901 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-43901 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM WebSphere Automation for Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps, published on 1 Dec 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-2022-43901 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: IBM WebSphere Automation for Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps. 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-2022-43901/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-43901/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-43901
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-43901
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-43901

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-43901/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.