CVE-2022-40608: IBM Spectrum Protect Plus

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 1.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.6 through 10.1.11 Microsoft File Systems restore operation can download any file on the target machine by manipulating the URL with a directory traversal attack. This results in the restore operation gaining access to files which the operator should not have access to. IBM X-Force ID: 235873.

Affected products

• IBM Spectrum Protect Plus: from 10.1.6, up to and including 10.1.11

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