CVE-2022-2637

Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Hitachi Storage Plug-in for VMware vCenter

5.4 Medium

Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in Hitachi Hitachi Storage Plug-in for VMware vCenter allows remote authenticated users to cause privilege escalation.This issue affects Hitachi Storage Plug-in for VMware vCenter: from 04.8.0 before 04.9.0.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: High
Privileges needed: Low
User interaction: Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: None
Integrity: Low
Availability: High

Exploit likelihood

0.55%Down 0.5 points since Oct 7, 2022

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 5.4

Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Hitachi Storage Plug-in for VMware vCenter

Record: CVE-2022-2637
CVSS 3.1: 5.4 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
Weakness: CWE-266
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2022-34884 5.4

Record: EUVD-2022-34884
CVSS 3.1: 5.4 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-vpcq-88fj-8776 8.8

Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in Hitachi Storage Plug-in for VMware vCenter allows...

Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in Hitachi Storage Plug-in for VMware vCenter allows remote authenticated users to cause privilege escalation. This issue affects: Hitachi Storage Plug-in for VMware vCenter 04.8.0.

Record: GHSA-vpcq-88fj-8776
CVSS 3.1: 8.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-266, CWE-269
Updated: 2026-11-02

NVD 5.4

Record: CVE-2022-2637
CVSS 3.1: 5.4 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
CVSS 3.1: 8.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-266, CWE-269
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 3, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2022-2637 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) in Hitachi Storage Plug-in For Vmware Vcenter, published October 6, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.55%, the 46th percentile. No source names a fixed version.