What is CVE-2022-42287?

CVE-2022-42287 is a medium-severity vulnerability in NVIDIA Bmc, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.0/10. Published 2023-01-13.

How severe is CVE-2022-42287?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.0 out of 10.

Path Traversal in NVIDIA Bmc

CVE-2022-42287

NVIDIA BMC contains a vulnerability in IPMI handler, where an authorized attacker can upload and download arbitrary files under certain circumstances, which may lead to denial of service, escalation of privileges, information disclosure and data tampering.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.0 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (11.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 11th percentile — 11.3% 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-2022-42287?: CVE-2022-42287 is a medium-severity vulnerability in NVIDIA Bmc, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.0/10. Published 2023-01-13.
How severe is CVE-2022-42287?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.0 out of 10.