What is CVE-2022-42284?

CVE-2022-42284 is a medium-severity vulnerability in NVIDIA Bmc, classified under Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 6.2/10. Published 2023-01-13.

How severe is CVE-2022-42284?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.2 out of 10.

Vulnerability in NVIDIA Bmc

CVE-2022-42284

NVIDIA BMC stores user passwords in an obfuscated form in a database accessible by the host. This may lead to a credentials exposure.

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.2 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.001 (1.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 2nd percentile — 1.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.001 · newest: 0.001 · 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)

CWE-312 — Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-42284?: CVE-2022-42284 is a medium-severity vulnerability in NVIDIA Bmc, classified under Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 6.2/10. Published 2023-01-13.
How severe is CVE-2022-42284?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.2 out of 10.