CVE-2022-40234
Versions of IBM Spectrum Protect Plus prior to 10.1.12 (excluding 10.1.12) include the private...
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2022-40234- CVSS 3.0
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/UI:N/S:U/I:N/A:N/AC:H/PR:N/C:H/RC:C/E:U/RL:O - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-43532
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.
- Record
EUVD-2022-43532- CVSS 3.0
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/UI:N/S:U/I:N/A:N/AC:H/PR:N/C:H/RC:C/E:U/RL:O - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-rp88-5vg5-8wx2
Versions of IBM Spectrum Protect Plus prior to 10.1.12 (excluding 10.1.12) include the private...
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.
- Record
GHSA-rp88-5vg5-8wx2- CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-668
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
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.
- Record
CVE-2022-40234- CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 3.0
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-668
- 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-2022-40234 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.9) in Ibm Spectrum Protect Plus, published September 19, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.61%, the 49th percentile. No source names a fixed version.