CVE-2022-43900 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

IBM WebSphere Automation for IBM Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps 1.4.2 could provide a weaker than expected security. A local attacker can create an outbound network connection to another system. IBM X-Force ID: 240827.

Published: 2022-12-01

Score: 5.3 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

WebSphere Automation for IBM Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`1.4.2`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_automation_for_ibm_cloud_pak_for_watson_aiops:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-46870	IBM WebSphere Automation for IBM Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps 1.4.2 could provide a weaker than expected security. A local attacker can create an outbound network connection to another system. IBM X-Force ID: 240827.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Adjacent Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

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 0.00039.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/240827
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6842605

History

Wed, 23 Apr 2025 21:15:00 +0000

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

Subscriptions

Ibm Websphere Automation For Ibm Cloud Pak For Watson Aiops

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: ibm

Published: 2022-12-01T18:00:27.526Z

Updated: 2025-04-23T20:17:32.706Z

Reserved: 2022-10-26T15:46:22.841Z

Link: CVE-2022-43900

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T13:40:06.876Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-12-01T19:15:10.217

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:27:20.237

Link: CVE-2022-43900

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-287

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