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)

Published 2022-12-19 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.010 (62.4th percentile), scored 2026-11-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 62nd percentile — 62.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.010 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6848231 (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/235740 (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.