CVE-2022-43869: IBM Elastic Storage System

Medium severity, CVSS 6.5. EPSS: 1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

IBM Spectrum Scale (5.1.0.0 through 5.1.2.8 and 5.1.3.0 through 5.1.5.1) and IBM Elastic Storage System (6.1.0.0 through 6.1.2.4 and 6.1.3.0 through 6.1.4.1) could allow an authenticated user to cause a denial of service through the GUI using a format string attack. IBM X-Force ID: 239539.

Affected products

• IBM Elastic Storage System: from 6.1.0.0, up to and including 6.1.2.4; from 6.1.3.0, up to and including 6.1.4.1
• IBM Spectrum Scale: from 5.1.0.0, up to and including 5.1.2.8; from 5.1.3.0, up to and including 5.1.5.1

Published 2023-02-12. Last modified 2026-06-17.