CVE-2022-40607 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

IBM Spectrum Scale 5.1 could allow users with permissions to create pod, persistent volume and persistent volume claim to access files and directories outside of the volume, including on the host filesystem. IBM X-Force ID: 235740.

Published: 2022-12-19

Score: 6.8 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

IBM

Spectrum Scale

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`5.1`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_scale:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-43881	IBM Spectrum Scale 5.1 could allow users with permissions to create pod, persistent volume and persistent volume claim to access files and directories outside of the volume, including on the host filesystem. IBM X-Force ID: 235740.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00382.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/235740
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6848231

History

Thu, 17 Apr 2025 14:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Ibm Spectrum Scale

Linux Linux Kernel

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: ibm

Published: 2022-12-19T19:36:28.395Z

Updated: 2025-04-17T13:40:06.251Z

Reserved: 2022-09-12T19:35:30.247Z

Link: CVE-2022-40607

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T12:21:46.515Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-12-19T20:15:11.750

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:21:42.760

Link: CVE-2022-40607

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-22

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