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Fencer Vulns
high 8.7

CVE-2022-33164 json

IBM Security Directory Server path traversal

published 2023-09-08 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-36209

cvss
8.7
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.5%
EPSS 1.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 74%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

IBM Security Directory Server 7.2.0 could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system. An attacker could send a specially crafted URL request containing "dot dot" sequences (/../) to view or write to arbitrary files on the system. IBM X-Force ID: 228579.

Patch / fix

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

1.48% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 74% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 8.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:H
NVD 3.1 9.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Affected products

  • IBM Security Directory Integrator

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.