CVE-2022-22487

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2022-06-30 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-307

Description

An IBM Spectrum Protect storage agent could allow a remote attacker to perform a brute force attack by allowing unlimited attempts to login to the storage agent without locking the administrative ID. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using brute force techniques to gain unauthorized administrative access to both the IBM Spectrum Protect storage agent and the IBM Spectrum Protect Server 8.1.0.000 through 8.1.14 with which it communicates. IBM X-Force ID: 226326.

Affected products

IBM Spectrum Protect Server: from 8.1.0.000 through 8.1.14

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/226326
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6596881
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/226326
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6596881

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