CVE-2022-22333

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2022-02-23 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-120

Description

IBM Sterling Secure Proxy 6.0.3.0, 6.0.2.0, and 3.4.3.2 and IBM Sterling External Authentication Server are vulnerable a buffer overflow, due to the Jetty based GUI in the Secure Zone not properly validating the sizes of the form content and/or HTTP headers submitted. A local attacker positioned inside the Secure Zone could submit a specially crafted HTTP request to disrupt service. IBM X-Force ID: 219133.

Affected products

IBM Sterling External Authentication Server: 3.4.3.2, 6.0.2.0, 6.0.3.0
IBM Sterling Secure Proxy: 3.4.3.2, 6.0.2, 6.0.3.0

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/219133
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6558796
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/219133
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6558796

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