CVE-2022-22485: IBM Spectrum Protect Operations Center

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 1.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In some cases, an unsuccessful attempt to log into IBM Spectrum Protect Operations Center 8.1.0.000 through 8.1.14.000 does not cause the administrator's invalid sign-on count to be incremented on the IBM Spectrum Protect Server. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using brute force techniques to gain unauthorized administrative access to the IBM Spectrum Protect Server. IBM X-Force ID: 226325.

Affected products

• IBM Spectrum Protect Operations Center: from 8.1.0.000, up to and including 8.1.14.000

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