What is CVE-2022-22405?

CVE-2022-22405 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-2022-22405?

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

Vulnerability in IBM Aspera Faspex

CVE-2022-22405

IBM Aspera Faspex 5.0.5 could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the failure to properly enable HTTP Strict Transport Security. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information using man in the middle techniques. IBM X-Force ID: 222576.

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 (41.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-19.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 42nd percentile — 41.7% 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/222576 (VDB Entry, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-22405?: CVE-2022-22405 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-2022-22405?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.