CVE-2022-43923
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 Application Suite 8.8.0 and 8.9.0 stores potentially sensitive information that could be read by a local user. IBM X-Force ID: 241584.
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 Application Suite versions 8.8.0 and 8.9.0 contain a local information disclosure vulnerability where the application stores potentially sensitive information in a manner that allows local users to read it. This is a privilege escalation/authorization issue where proper access controls on stored data are not enforced.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
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= 8.8.0= 8.9.0CVSS 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 Maximo Application Suite versionUse the Maximo UI: Navigate to the About section or use the maxinst utility to query the installed version. Alternatively, check installation logs or the ibmMas registry/config file for the version number.Affected if The installed version is 8.8.0 or 8.9.0 specifically.
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Locate Maximo data storage directoriesIdentify directories where Maximo stores application data, configuration, or user data. Common locations include the installation root, data folders, or config directories within the Maximo deployment.Affected if You find data storage directories that exist in the environment.
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Inspect file system permissions on sensitive storage locationsUse OS-level commands (such as 'ls -la' on Linux or icacls/Get-Acl on Windows) to list access control lists on identified data directories and files. Verify which user accounts and groups have read access.Affected if Users without administrative or proper authorization have read access to directories containing sensitive application data.
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Test read access with a non-privileged local accountIf permitted in your environment, create or use a local user account with minimal privileges and attempt to navigate to and read files in Maximo data storage locations.Affected if A non-privileged local user can successfully read sensitive files that should be restricted.
Your environment is affected if the installed Maximo Application Suite is version 8.8.0 or 8.9.0 AND the data storage locations have permissive file access controls that allow local non-admin users to read sensitive application data.
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 dataUpgrade to IBM Maximo Application Suite version 8.10.0 or later where the vulnerability is addressed. If immediate patching is not possible, restrict local access to the system and ensure proper file system permissions are applied to sensitive data storage locations.
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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.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2022-43923 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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