What is CVE-2022-22330?

CVE-2022-22330 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Control Desk, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2022-09-13.

How severe is CVE-2022-22330?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in IBM Control Desk

CVE-2022-22330

IBM Control Desk 7.6.1 could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the failure to set the HTTPOnly flag. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information from the cookie. IBM X-Force ID: 219126.

Published 2022-09-13 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (58.3th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 58th percentile — 58.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.009 · change: +0.001

Affected products

IBM Control Desk — versions 7.6.1
IBM Control Desk — versions 7.6.0, 7.6.0.1, 7.6.1
Linux Kernel

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-732 — Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

References

www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6619739 (Vendor Advisory)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/219126 (VDB Entry, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-22330?: CVE-2022-22330 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Control Desk, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2022-09-13.
How severe is CVE-2022-22330?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.