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CVE-2022-40609 json

IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition code execution

published 3y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2022-43883

cvss
8.1
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.8%
EPSS 1.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 78%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition 7.1.5.18 and 8.0.8.0 could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an unsafe deserialization flaw. By sending specially-crafted data, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system. IBM X-Force ID: 236069.

Patch / fix

  • ibm sdk 7.1.5.19, 8.0.8.5
  • java-1.8.0-ibm RHEL 7 EXTRAS 1:1.8.0.8.5-1jpp.1.el7
  • java-1.8.0-ibm-src RHEL 7 EXTRAS 1:1.8.0.8.5-1jpp.1.el7
  • java-1.8.0-ibm-demo RHEL 7 EXTRAS 1:1.8.0.8.5-1jpp.1.el7
  • java-1.8.0-ibm-jdbc RHEL 7 EXTRAS 1:1.8.0.8.5-1jpp.1.el7
  • java-1.8.0-ibm-plugin RHEL 7 EXTRAS 1:1.8.0.8.5-1jpp.1.el7
  • java-1.8.0-ibm RHEL 8 1:1.8.0.8.5-1.el8_8
  • java-1.8.0-ibm-src RHEL 8 1:1.8.0.8.5-1.el8_8
  • java-1.8.0-ibm-demo RHEL 8 1:1.8.0.8.5-1.el8_8

red hat advisories RHSA-2023:4160RHSA-2023:4103

  • java-1_8_0-ibm SLES for SAP 15 SP3, SLES for SAP 15 SP2, SLES for SAP 15 SP1 +11 more 1.8.0_sr8.10-150000.3.80.1
  • java-1_8_0-ibm SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP5 1.8.0_sr8.10-30.114.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2023:3441-1SUSE-SU-2023:3406-1

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red hat product security vex CVE-2022-40609 updated cvss 8.1

JDK: unsafe deserialization flaw in the Object Request Broker (ORB)

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 java-1.7.1-ibm, java-1.7.1-ibm-src, java-1.7.1-ibm-demo, java-1.7.1-ibm-jdbc, java-1.7.1-ibm-plugin
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Supplementary (v. 7) java-1.8.0-ibm 1.8.0.8.5-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.8.0-ibm-src 1.8.0.8.5-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.8.0-ibm-demo 1.8.0.8.5-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.8.0-ibm-jdbc 1.8.0.8.5-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.8.0-ibm-plugin 1.8.0.8.5-1jpp.1.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Supplementary (v. 7) java-1.8.0-ibm 1.8.0.8.5-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.8.0-ibm-src 1.8.0.8.5-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.8.0-ibm-demo 1.8.0.8.5-1jpp.1.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 7) java-1.8.0-ibm 1.8.0.8.5-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.8.0-ibm-src 1.8.0.8.5-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.8.0-ibm-demo 1.8.0.8.5-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.8.0-ibm-jdbc 1.8.0.8.5-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.8.0-ibm-plugin 1.8.0.8.5-1jpp.1.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:4160
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary (v. 8) java-1.8.0-ibm 1.8.0.8.5-1.el8_8, java-1.8.0-ibm-src 1.8.0.8.5-1.el8_8, java-1.8.0-ibm-demo 1.8.0.8.5-1.el8_8, java-1.8.0-ibm-jdbc 1.8.0.8.5-1.el8_8, java-1.8.0-ibm-plugin 1.8.0.8.5-1.el8_8, java-1.8.0-ibm-headless 1.8.0.8.5-1.el8_8, +1 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:4103
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 7) java-1.8.0-ibm 1.8.0.8.5-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.8.0-ibm-src 1.8.0.8.5-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.8.0-ibm-demo 1.8.0.8.5-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.8.0-ibm-jdbc 1.8.0.8.5-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.8.0-ibm-plugin 1.8.0.8.5-1jpp.1.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:4160

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
2y ago

Exploit prediction

1.76% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 78% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-502 Deserialization of Untrusted Data

References

Sources

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