CVE-2022-40234: IBM Spectrum Protect Plus

Medium severity, CVSS 5.9. EPSS: 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Versions of IBM Spectrum Protect Plus prior to 10.1.12 (excluding 10.1.12) include the private key information for a certificate inside the generated .crt file when uploading a TLS certificate to IBM Spectrum Protect Plus. If this generated .crt file is shared, an attacker can obtain the private key information for the uploaded certificate. IBM X-Force ID: 235718.

Affected products

• IBM Spectrum Protect Plus: before 10.1.12 (fixed in 10.1.12)

Published 2022-09-19. Last modified 2026-06-17.