What is CVE-2022-22401?

CVE-2022-22401 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Aspera Faspex, classified under Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2023-09-08.

How severe is CVE-2022-22401?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.

Vulnerability in IBM Aspera Faspex

CVE-2022-22401

IBM Aspera Faspex 5.0.5 could allow a remote attacker to gather or persuade a naive user to supply sensitive information. IBM X-Force ID: 222567.

Published 2023-09-08 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (44.8th percentile), scored 2026-10-19.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 45th percentile — 44.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-311 — Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data

References

www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7029681 (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/222567 (VDB Entry, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-22401?: CVE-2022-22401 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Aspera Faspex, classified under Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2023-09-08.
How severe is CVE-2022-22401?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.