CVE-2022-22336
IBM Sterling External Authentication Server and IBM Sterling Secure Proxy 6.0.3.0, 6.0.2.0, and 3...
IBM Sterling External Authentication Server and IBM Sterling Secure Proxy 6.0.3.0, 6.0.2.0, and 3.4.3.2 could allow a remote user to consume resources causing a denial of service due to a resource leak. IBM X-Force ID: 219395.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
IBM Sterling External Authentication Server and IBM Sterling Secure Proxy 6.0.3.0, 6.0.2.0, and 3.4.3.2 could allow a remote user to consume resources causing a denial of service due to a resource leak. IBM X-Force ID: 219395.
- Record
CVE-2022-22336- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/A:H/S:U/C:N/I:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/RC:C/E:U/RL:O - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-27482
IBM Sterling External Authentication Server and IBM Sterling Secure Proxy 6.0.3.0, 6.0.2.0, and 3.4.3.2 could allow a remote user to consume resources causing a denial of service due to a resource leak. IBM X-Force ID: 219395.
- Record
EUVD-2022-27482- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/A:H/S:U/C:N/I:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/RC:C/E:U/RL:O - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-4qgq-37m7-cp67 No score
IBM Sterling External Authentication Server and IBM Sterling Secure Proxy 6.0.3.0, 6.0.2.0, and 3...
IBM Sterling External Authentication Server and IBM Sterling Secure Proxy 6.0.3.0, 6.0.2.0, and 3.4.3.2 could allow a remote user to consume resources causing a denial of service due to a resource leak. IBM X-Force ID: 219395.
- Record
GHSA-4qgq-37m7-cp67- Weakness
- CWE-401
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
IBM Sterling External Authentication Server and IBM Sterling Secure Proxy 6.0.3.0, 6.0.2.0, and 3.4.3.2 could allow a remote user to consume resources causing a denial of service due to a resource leak. IBM X-Force ID: 219395.
- Record
CVE-2022-22336- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-401
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2022-22336 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Ibm Sterling Secure Proxy, published February 23, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.00%, the 80th percentile. No source names a fixed version.