CVE-2022-40234

MEDIUM

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus < 10.1.12 - Private Key Exposure in TLS Certificate Upload

Title source: llm

Description

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.

References (2)

Core 2

Core References

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6619947

VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_xf

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/235718

Scores

CVSS v3 5.9

EPSS 0.0015

EPSS Percentile 35.7%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Details

CWE

CWE-668

Status published

Products (1)

ibm/spectrum_protect_plus < 10.1.12

Published Sep 19, 2022

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026