# CVE-2022-43916: IBM App Connect Enterprise Certified Container improper communications restriction

> IBM App Connect Enterprise Certified Container fails to restrict network egress for internal infrastructure Pods, allowing potential unauthorized outbound connections.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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:** 30 Jan 2025
- **Updated:** 18 Feb 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-3vmp-5673-67p4

## What is CVE-2022-43916?

CVE-2022-43916 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM App Connect Enterprise Certified Container, published on 30 Jan 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

IBM App Connect Enterprise Certified Container 7.1, 7.2, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 9.0, 9.1, 9.2, 10.0, 10.1, 11.0, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 11.4, 11.5, 11.6, 12.0, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 12.4, 12.5, 12.6, and 12.7 Pods do not restrict network egress for Pods that are used for internal infrastructure.

Weakness: CWE-923 (Improper Restriction of Communication Channel to Intended Endpoints)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-43916?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm App Connect Enterprise Certified Container.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-43916?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-43916 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-43916 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-43916 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in IBM App Connect Enterprise Certified Container

- [CVE-2024-51465](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-51465/): IBM App Connect Enterprise Certified Container command execution (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2022-43915](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-43915/): IBM App Connect Enterprise Certified Container (medium 6.8)
- [CVE-2022-22404](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-22404/): Denial of service in App Connect Enterprise Certified Container (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2022-43874](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-43874/): IBM App Connect Enterprise Certified Container (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2022-22491](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-22491/): IBM App Connect Enterprise Certified Container denial of service (medium 5.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-43916 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-43916 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM App Connect Enterprise Certified Container, published on 30 Jan 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-43916 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: IBM App Connect Enterprise Certified Container. 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-2022-43916/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-43916/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-43916
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-43916
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-43916

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-43916/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.