CVE-2022-22474: IBM Spectrum Protect Client

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 1.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

IBM Spectrum Protect 8.1.0.0 through 8.1.14.0 dsmcad, dsmc, and dsmcsvc processes incorrectly handle certain read operations on TCP/IP sockets. This can result in a denial of service for IBM Spectrum Protect client operations. IBM X-Force ID: 225348.

Affected products

• IBM Spectrum Protect Client: from 8.1.0.0, up to and including 8.1.14.0

Published 2022-06-30. Last modified 2026-06-17.