CVE-2022-40607

IBM Spectrum Scale directory traversal

State: Published
Severity: 6.8 Medium
Published: Dec 19, 2022
Updated: Apr 17, 2025
Reserved: Sep 12, 2022

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.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	6.8 Medium	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N	ibm

Weaknesses

CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Affected Products

Product	Versions
Spectrum ScaleIBM	5.1Affected

References

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6848231vendor-advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/235740vdb-entry

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