What is CVE-2022-40234?

CVE-2022-40234 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Spectrum Protect Plus, classified under Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2022-09-19.

How severe is CVE-2022-40234?

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

Vulnerability in IBM Spectrum Protect Plus

CVE-2022-40234

Versions of IBM Spectrum Protect Plus prior to 10.1.12 (excluding 10.1.12) include the private key information for a certificate inside the generated .crt file when uploading a TLS certificate to IBM Spectrum Protect Plus. If this generated .crt file is shared, an attacker can obtain the private key information for the uploaded certificate. IBM X-Force ID: 235718.

EPSS: 0.005 (41.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Ibm Spectrum Protect Plus — versions 10.1.0, 10.1.11
Ibm Spectrum_protect_plus

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-668 — Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere

References

psirt@us.ibm.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
psirt@us.ibm.com (VDB Entry, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory, x_refsource_XF)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-40234?: CVE-2022-40234 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Spectrum Protect Plus, classified under Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2022-09-19.
How severe is CVE-2022-40234?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.