CVE-2022-22487: IBM Spectrum Protect Server

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 1.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An IBM Spectrum Protect storage agent could allow a remote attacker to perform a brute force attack by allowing unlimited attempts to login to the storage agent without locking the administrative ID. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using brute force techniques to gain unauthorized administrative access to both the IBM Spectrum Protect storage agent and the IBM Spectrum Protect Server 8.1.0.000 through 8.1.14 with which it communicates. IBM X-Force ID: 226326.

Affected products

• IBM Spectrum Protect Server: from 8.1.0.000, up to and including 8.1.14

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