CVE-2022-38391

IBM Spectrum Control information disclosure

View on CVE.org

Published Dec 20, 2022 CVSS 3.1 · 5.1 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

IBM Spectrum Control 5.4 uses weaker than expected cryptographic algorithms that could allow an attacker to decrypt highly sensitive information. IBM X-Force ID: 233982.

Affected Products

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 Control

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`5.4`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_control:5.4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR	cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:::::::*

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

Sign in to view the affected projects.

Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-40977	IBM Spectrum Control 5.4 uses weaker than expected cryptographic algorithms that could allow an attacker to decrypt highly sensitive information. IBM X-Force ID: 233982.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

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.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.293% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/233982
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6847541

History

Apr 15, 2025 8:15 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

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

Subscriptions

Ibm Aix Spectrum Control

Linux Linux Kernel

Microsoft Windows

Weaknesses

CWE-327

Sources

CVE record Updated: Apr 15, 2025, 8:03 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: ibm
Published: Dec 20, 2022, 8:31 PM
Updated: Apr 15, 2025, 8:03 PM
Reserved: Aug 16, 2022, 6:42 PM

View source JSON

Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 3, 2024, 10:54 AM

Updated: Aug 3, 2024, 10:54 AM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 4:56 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Dec 20, 2022, 9:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 4:56 AM

View source JSON

Red Hat No data

No data.

OpenCVE enrichment No data

No data.

{"dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.1", "cveMetadata": {"cveId": "CVE-2022-38391", "assignerOrgId": "9a959283-ebb5-44b6-b705-dcc2bbced522", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "ibm", "dateReserved": "2022-08-16T18:42:49.434Z", "datePublished": "2022-12-20T20:31:35.551Z", "dateUpdated": "2025-04-15T20:03:26.616Z"}, "containers": {"cna": {"affected": [{"defaultStatus": "unaffected", "product": "Spectrum Control", "vendor": "IBM ", "versions": [{"status": "affected", "version": "5.4"}]}], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "supportingMedia": [{"base64": false, "type": "text/html", "value": "\n\n<span style=\"background-color: rgb(204, 217, 226);\">IBM Spectrum Control 5.4 uses weaker than expected cryptographic algorithms that could allow an attacker to decrypt highly sensitive information. IBM X-Force ID: 233982.</span>\n\n"}], "value": "\nIBM Spectrum Control 5.4 uses weaker than expected cryptographic algorithms that could allow an attacker to decrypt highly sensitive information. IBM X-Force ID: 233982.\n\n"}], "metrics": [{"cvssV3_1": {"attackComplexity": "HIGH", "attackVector": "LOCAL", "availabilityImpact": "NONE", "baseScore": 5.1, "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH", "integrityImpact": "NONE", "privilegesRequired": "NONE", "scope": "UNCHANGED", "userInteraction": "NONE", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N", "version": "3.1"}, "format": "CVSS", "scenarios": [{"lang": "en", "value": "GENERAL"}]}], "problemTypes": [{"descriptions": [{"cweId": "CWE-327", "description": "CWE-327 Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm", "lang": "en", "type": "CWE"}]}], "providerMetadata": {"orgId": "9a959283-ebb5-44b6-b705-dcc2bbced522", "shortName": "ibm", "dateUpdated": "2022-12-20T20:31:35.551Z"}, "references": [{"tags": ["vendor-advisory"], "url": "https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6847541"}, {"tags": ["vdb-entry"], "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/233982"}], "source": {"discovery": "UNKNOWN"}, "title": "IBM Spectrum Control information disclosure", "x_generator": {"engine": "Vulnogram 0.1.0-dev"}}, "adp": [{"providerMetadata": {"orgId": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "shortName": "CVE", "dateUpdated": "2024-08-03T10:54:03.450Z"}, "title": "CVE Program Container", "references": [{"tags": ["vendor-advisory", "x_transferred"], "url": "https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6847541"}, {"tags": ["vdb-entry", "x_transferred"], "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/233982"}]}, {"metrics": [{"other": {"type": "ssvc", "content": {"timestamp": "2025-04-15T20:03:10.678389Z", "id": "CVE-2022-38391", "options": [{"Exploitation": "none"}, {"Automatable": "no"}, {"Technical Impact": "partial"}], "role": "CISA Coordinator", "version": "2.0.3"}}}], "title": "CISA ADP Vulnrichment", "providerMetadata": {"orgId": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0", "shortName": "CISA-ADP", "dateUpdated": "2025-04-15T20:03:26.616Z"}}]}}

{"dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "containers": {"adp": [{"title": "CVE Program Container", "references": [{"url": "https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6847541", "tags": ["vendor-advisory", "x_transferred"]}, {"url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/233982", "tags": ["vdb-entry", "x_transferred"]}], "providerMetadata": {"orgId": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "shortName": "CVE", "dateUpdated": "2024-08-03T10:54:03.450Z"}}, {"title": "CISA ADP Vulnrichment", "metrics": [{"other": {"type": "ssvc", "content": {"id": "CVE-2022-38391", "role": "CISA Coordinator", "options": [{"Exploitation": "none"}, {"Automatable": "no"}, {"Technical Impact": "partial"}], "version": "2.0.3", "timestamp": "2025-04-15T20:03:10.678389Z"}}}], "providerMetadata": {"orgId": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0", "shortName": "CISA-ADP", "dateUpdated": "2025-04-15T20:03:18.792Z"}}], "cna": {"title": "IBM Spectrum Control information disclosure", "source": {"discovery": "UNKNOWN"}, "metrics": [{"format": "CVSS", "cvssV3_1": {"scope": "UNCHANGED", "version": "3.1", "baseScore": 5.1, "attackVector": "LOCAL", "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N", "integrityImpact": "NONE", "userInteraction": "NONE", "attackComplexity": "HIGH", "availabilityImpact": "NONE", "privilegesRequired": "NONE", "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH"}, "scenarios": [{"lang": "en", "value": "GENERAL"}]}], "affected": [{"vendor": "IBM ", "product": "Spectrum Control", "versions": [{"status": "affected", "version": "5.4"}], "defaultStatus": "unaffected"}], "references": [{"url": "https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6847541", "tags": ["vendor-advisory"]}, {"url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/233982", "tags": ["vdb-entry"]}], "x_generator": {"engine": "Vulnogram 0.1.0-dev"}, "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "\nIBM Spectrum Control 5.4 uses weaker than expected cryptographic algorithms that could allow an attacker to decrypt highly sensitive information. IBM X-Force ID: 233982.\n\n", "supportingMedia": [{"type": "text/html", "value": "\n\n<span style=\"background-color: rgb(204, 217, 226);\">IBM Spectrum Control 5.4 uses weaker than expected cryptographic algorithms that could allow an attacker to decrypt highly sensitive information. IBM X-Force ID: 233982.</span>\n\n", "base64": false}]}], "problemTypes": [{"descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "type": "CWE", "cweId": "CWE-327", "description": "CWE-327 Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm"}]}], "providerMetadata": {"orgId": "9a959283-ebb5-44b6-b705-dcc2bbced522", "shortName": "ibm", "dateUpdated": "2022-12-20T20:31:35.551Z"}}}, "cveMetadata": {"cveId": "CVE-2022-38391", "state": "PUBLISHED", "dateUpdated": "2025-04-15T20:03:26.616Z", "dateReserved": "2022-08-16T18:42:49.434Z", "assignerOrgId": "9a959283-ebb5-44b6-b705-dcc2bbced522", "datePublished": "2022-12-20T20:31:35.551Z", "assignerShortName": "ibm"}, "dataVersion": "5.1"}

{"affected": [{"affectedData": [{"defaultStatus": "unaffected", "product": "Spectrum Control", "vendor": "IBM ", "versions": [{"status": "affected", "version": "5.4"}]}], "source": "psirt@us.ibm.com"}], "configurations": [{"nodes": [{"cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_control:5.4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "matchCriteriaId": "A946F1EF-45B2-4A20-99D4-79793D826226", "vulnerable": true}], "negate": false, "operator": "OR"}, {"cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "matchCriteriaId": "E492C463-D76E-49B7-A4D4-3B499E422D89", "vulnerable": false}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "matchCriteriaId": "703AF700-7A70-47E2-BC3A-7FD03B3CA9C1", "vulnerable": false}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "matchCriteriaId": "A2572D17-1DE6-457B-99CC-64AFD54487EA", "vulnerable": false}], "negate": false, "operator": "OR"}], "operator": "AND"}], "cveTags": [], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "\nIBM Spectrum Control 5.4 uses weaker than expected cryptographic algorithms that could allow an attacker to decrypt highly sensitive information. IBM X-Force ID: 233982.\n\n"}, {"lang": "es", "value": "IBM Spectrum Control 5.4 utiliza algoritmos criptogr\u00e1ficos m\u00e1s d\u00e9biles de lo esperado que podr\u00edan permitir a un atacante descifrar informaci\u00f3n altamente confidencial. ID de IBM X-Force: 233982."}], "id": "CVE-2022-38391", "lastModified": "2026-06-17T04:56:31.083", "metrics": {"cvssMetricV31": [{"cvssData": {"attackComplexity": "HIGH", "attackVector": "LOCAL", "availabilityImpact": "NONE", "baseScore": 5.1, "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH", "integrityImpact": "NONE", "privilegesRequired": "NONE", "scope": "UNCHANGED", "userInteraction": "NONE", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N", "version": "3.1"}, "exploitabilityScore": 1.4, "impactScore": 3.6, "source": "psirt@us.ibm.com", "type": "Secondary"}, {"cvssData": {"attackComplexity": "LOW", "attackVector": "NETWORK", "availabilityImpact": "NONE", "baseScore": 7.5, "baseSeverity": "HIGH", "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH", "integrityImpact": "NONE", "privilegesRequired": "NONE", "scope": "UNCHANGED", "userInteraction": "NONE", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N", "version": "3.1"}, "exploitabilityScore": 3.9, "impactScore": 3.6, "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}], "ssvcV203": [{"source": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0", "ssvcData": {"id": "CVE-2022-38391", "options": [{"exploitation": "none"}, {"automatable": "no"}, {"technicalImpact": "partial"}], "role": "CISA Coordinator", "timestamp": "2025-04-15T20:03:10.678389Z", "version": "2.0.3"}}]}, "published": "2022-12-20T21:15:10.600", "references": [{"source": "psirt@us.ibm.com", "tags": ["VDB Entry", "Vendor Advisory"], "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/233982"}, {"source": "psirt@us.ibm.com", "tags": ["Patch", "Vendor Advisory"], "url": "https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6847541"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": ["VDB Entry", "Vendor Advisory"], "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/233982"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": ["Patch", "Vendor Advisory"], "url": "https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6847541"}], "sourceIdentifier": "psirt@us.ibm.com", "vulnStatus": "Modified", "weaknesses": [{"description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "CWE-327"}], "source": "psirt@us.ibm.com", "type": "Secondary"}, {"description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "CWE-327"}], "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}]}