What is CVE-2022-42275?

CVE-2022-42275 is a high-severity vulnerability in NVIDIA Bmc, classified under Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel. CVSS score: 7.7/10. Published 2023-01-13.

How severe is CVE-2022-42275?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.7 out of 10.

Auth bypass in NVIDIA Bmc

CVE-2022-42275

NVIDIA BMC IPMI handler allows an unauthenticated host to write to a host SPI flash bypassing secureboot protections. This may lead to a loss of integrity and denial of service.

Published 2023-01-13 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.7 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (8.8th percentile), scored 2026-10-20.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 9th percentile — 8.8% 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

NVIDIA Bmc
NVIDIA Dgx A100
NVIDIA Dgx Servers — versions All BMC firmware versions prior to 00.19.07

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5435 (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-42275?: CVE-2022-42275 is a high-severity vulnerability in NVIDIA Bmc, classified under Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel. CVSS score: 7.7/10. Published 2023-01-13.
How severe is CVE-2022-42275?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.7 out of 10.