What is CVE-2022-22488?

CVE-2022-22488 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Openbmc, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 4.9/10. Published 2022-12-12.

How severe is CVE-2022-22488?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.9 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in IBM Openbmc

CVE-2022-22488

IBM OpenBMC OP910 and OP940 could allow a privileged user to cause a denial of service by uploading or deleting too many CA certificates in a short period of time. IBM X-Force ID: 2226337.

Published 2022-12-12 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (42.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-24.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 42nd percentile — 42.4% 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-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

References

www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6840155 (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/226337 (VDB Entry, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-22488?: CVE-2022-22488 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Openbmc, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 4.9/10. Published 2022-12-12.
How severe is CVE-2022-22488?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.9 out of 10.