CVE-2022-42438: IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management Monitoring privilege escalation

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 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: 2023-02-08 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-425

Description

IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management Monitoring 2.0 and 2.3 allows users without admin roles access to admin functions by specifying direct URL paths. IBM X-Force ID: 238210.

Affected products

IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management Monitoring: from 2.0.0 before 2.3.0; 2.3.0, 2.3.0-fixpack2, 2.3.0-fixpack3, 2.3.0-fixpack4, 2.3.0-fixpack5 — fixed in 2.3.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management Monitoring 2.3.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/238210
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6909427
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/238210
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6909427

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