CVE-2022-34331 describes a critical vulnerability in IBM PowerVM Hypervisor (FW950, FW1010) where specific maintenance operations can improperly configure an SRIOV network adapter, disabling the intended VEPA configuration. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), this flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to achieve high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability over the network with low attack complexity. While the vulnerability is severe, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
fw950CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:ibm:powervm_hypervisor:fw950:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
fw1010CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:ibm:powervm_hypervisor:fw1010:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.