What is CVE-2022-42288?

CVE-2022-42288 is a medium-severity vulnerability in NVIDIA Dgx A100, classified under CWE-208. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2023-01-13.

How severe is CVE-2022-42288?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in NVIDIA Dgx A100

CVE-2022-42288

NVIDIA BMC contains a vulnerability in IPMI handler, where an unauthorized attacker can use certain oracles to guess a valid BMC username, which may lead to an information disclosure.

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (37.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 37th percentile — 37.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000

Affected products

NVIDIA Dgx A100
NVIDIA Dgx A100 Firmware
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-2022-42288?: CVE-2022-42288 is a medium-severity vulnerability in NVIDIA Dgx A100, classified under CWE-208. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2023-01-13.
How severe is CVE-2022-42288?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.