Is CVE-2022-40234 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2022-40234 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2022-40234?

CVE-2022-40234 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.9 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2022-40234?

CVE-2022-40234 has an EPSS score of 0.50% (39th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2022-40234?

Upgrade spectrum protect plus to 10.1.12 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2022-40234

MEDIUM

5.9

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Versions of IBM Spectrum Protect Plus prior to 10.1.12 (excluding 10.1.12) include the private key information for a certificate inside the generated .crt file when uploading a TLS certificate to IBM Spectrum Protect Plus. If this generated .crt file is shared, an attacker can obtain the private key information for the uploaded certificate. IBM X-Force ID: 235718.

CWE-668

How to fix

Remediation Available

spectrum protect plusNVD

Affected:< 10.1.12Fixed in:10.1.12CVE-2022-40234derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityHigh

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

0.50%probability of exploitation in 30 days

39thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 39% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory2

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CVE-2022-39952	Critical	9.8	100%	-	Fix
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CVE-2017-16603	High	8.8	54%	-	-
CVE-2024-25153	Critical	9.8	42%	-	Fix
CVE-2017-0215	Medium	5.3	36%	-	-
CVE-2022-25236	Critical	9.8	34%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.