What is CVE-2022-41740?

CVE-2022-41740 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Robotic Process Automation, classified under Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 4.6/10. Published 2023-01-05.

How severe is CVE-2022-41740?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.6 out of 10.

Vulnerability in IBM Robotic Process Automation

CVE-2022-41740

IBM Robotic Process Automation 20.12 through 21.0.6 could allow an attacker with physical access to the system to obtain highly sensitive information from system memory. IBM X-Force ID: 238053.

Published 2023-01-05 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.6 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (9.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-24.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 10th percentile — 9.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-312 — Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

References

www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6852657 (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/238053 (VDB Entry, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-41740?: CVE-2022-41740 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Robotic Process Automation, classified under Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 4.6/10. Published 2023-01-05.
How severe is CVE-2022-41740?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.6 out of 10.