What is CVE-2022-40607?

CVE-2022-40607 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Spectrum Scale, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2022-12-19.

How severe is CVE-2022-40607?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Ibm Spectrum Scale

CVE-2022-40607

IBM Spectrum Scale 5.1 could allow users with permissions to create pod, persistent volume and persistent volume claim to access files and directories outside of the volume, including on the host filesystem. IBM X-Force ID: 235740.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.009 (56.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-40607?: CVE-2022-40607 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Spectrum Scale, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2022-12-19.
How severe is CVE-2022-40607?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.