What is CVE-2022-2637?

CVE-2022-2637 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hitachi Storage Plug-In For VMware Vcenter, classified under Incorrect Privilege Assignment. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2022-10-06.

How severe is CVE-2022-2637?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

Privilege escalation in Hitachi Storage Plug-In For VMware Vcenter

CVE-2022-2637

Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in Hitachi Hitachi Storage Plug-in for VMware vCenter allows remote authenticated users to cause privilege escalation.This issue affects Hitachi Storage Plug-in for VMware vCenter: from 04.8.0 before 04.9.0.

Published 2022-10-06 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (40.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 40th percentile — 40.5% 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

Hitachi Storage Plug-In For VMware Vcenter — versions 04.8.0
Hitachi Storage Plug-In — versions 04.8.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

www.hitachi.com/products/it/software/security/info/vuls/hitachi-sec-2022-131/in… (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-2637?: CVE-2022-2637 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hitachi Storage Plug-In For VMware Vcenter, classified under Incorrect Privilege Assignment. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2022-10-06.
How severe is CVE-2022-2637?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.