CVE-2022-41732
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedIBM Maximo Mobile 8.7 and 8.8 stores user credentials in plain clear text which can be read by a local user. IBM X-Force ID: 237407.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceIBM Maximo Mobile versions 8.7 and 8.8 store user credentials in plaintext rather than using proper encryption or hashing, allowing any local user with system access to read sensitive authentication credentials.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 8.7= 8.8CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify installed IBM Maximo Application Suite versionCheck the installed version of IBM Maximo Application Suite in your environment. This is typically visible in the product's About or System Information section, or can be retrieved via administration commands or the installation directory.Affected if The installed version is 8.7 or 8.8
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Locate user credential storageIdentify where IBM Maximo Mobile stores user authentication data. This may be in database tables, configuration files, or credential store directories used by the application.Affected if User credentials are stored in your environment and you are on version 8.7 or 8.8
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Inspect credential formatExamine the stored credential data directly. Access the storage location identified in the previous step and view the raw credential values stored for user accounts.Affected if The credential values appear as readable plaintext strings rather than encrypted or hashed values
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Verify encryption or hashing is appliedCompare the stored credential format against expected cryptographic formats. Encrypted credentials typically appear as Base64-encoded or cipher text. Hashed passwords should show as fixed-length alphanumeric strings using algorithms like bcrypt, SHA-256, or PBKDF2.Affected if Credentials are stored without any encryption or cryptographic hashing applied, appearing as plaintext
If IBM Maximo Application Suite version 8.7 or 8.8 is running and user credentials are stored in readable plaintext format, the environment is affected by CVE-2022-41732.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataReplace plaintext credential storage with proper encryption (for reversible credentials) or cryptographic hashing (for passwords), and ensure the encryption keys are managed separately from the stored credentials.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2022-41732 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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