What is CVE-2022-39167?

CVE-2022-39167 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Spectrum Virtualize, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2023-01-19.

How severe is CVE-2022-39167?

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

Information disclosure in IBM Spectrum Virtualize

CVE-2022-39167

IBM Spectrum Virtualize 8.5, 8.4, 8.3, 8.2, and 7.8, under certain configurations, could disclose sensitive information to an attacker using man-in-the-middle techniques. IBM X-Force ID: 235408.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

Published 2023-01-19 · 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: 0.006 (45.5th percentile), scored 2026-10-24.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 46th percentile — 45.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000

Affected products

IBM Spectrum Virtualize — versions 8.5, 8.4, 8.3, 8.2, 7.8
IBM Spectrum Virtualize — versions 7.8.0.0, 8.2.0.0, 8.3.0.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6622025 (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/235408 (VDB Entry, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-39167?: CVE-2022-39167 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Spectrum Virtualize, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2023-01-19.
How severe is CVE-2022-39167?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.