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CVE-2022-33164: IBM Security Directory Server path traversal

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.1 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: 2023-09-08 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

IBM Security Directory Server 7.2.0 could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system. An attacker could send a specially crafted URL request containing "dot dot" sequences (/../) to view or write to arbitrary files on the system. IBM X-Force ID: 228579.

Affected products

• IBM Security Directory Server: 7.2.0

References

• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/228579
• https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7031021
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/228579
• https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7031021

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