CVE-2022-34331: IBM Power FW security bypass

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2022-11-11 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-287

Description

After performing a sequence of Power FW950, FW1010 maintenance operations a SRIOV network adapter can be improperly configured leading to desired VEPA configuration being disabled. IBM X-Force ID: 229695.

Affected products

IBM PowerVM Hypervisor: fw950, fw1010

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/229695
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6833632
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/229695
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6833632

Get alerted when CVE-2022-34331 or the next vulnerability affects your stack