CVE-2018-1822: IBM Flashsystem 840 Firmware

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 3.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

  • IBM Flashsystem 840 Firmware: version 1.4 only
  • IBM Flashsystem 900 Firmware: version 1.4 only

Published 2018-10-18. Last modified 2026-06-17.