CVE-2022-22445
An attacker that gains service access to the FSP (POWER9 only) or gains admin authority to a...
An attacker that gains service access to the FSP (POWER9 only) or gains admin authority to a partition can compromise partition firmware.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
An attacker that gains service access to the FSP (POWER9 only) or gains admin authority to a partition can compromise partition firmware.
- Record
CVE-2022-22445- CVSS 3.0
- 7.6 High
CVSS:3.0/PR:H/S:C/AV:N/A:L/UI:N/AC:L/I:H/C:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-27591
An attacker that gains service access to the FSP (POWER9 only) or gains admin authority to a partition can compromise partition firmware.
- Record
EUVD-2022-27591- CVSS 3.0
- 7.6 High
CVSS:3.0/PR:H/S:C/AV:N/A:L/UI:N/AC:L/I:H/C:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-wpqf-f5ff-6c5w
An attacker that gains service access to the FSP (POWER9 only) or gains admin authority to a...
An attacker that gains service access to the FSP (POWER9 only) or gains admin authority to a partition can compromise partition firmware.
- Record
GHSA-wpqf-f5ff-6c5w- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
An attacker that gains service access to the FSP (POWER9 only) or gains admin authority to a partition can compromise partition firmware.
- Record
CVE-2022-22445- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - CVSS 3.0
- 7.6 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:L - 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-2022-22445 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.6) in Ibm Powervm Hypervisor, published July 18, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.73%, the 54th percentile. No source names a fixed version.