CVE-2022-42439 — IBM App Connect Enterprise 11

IBM App Connect Enterprise 11.0.0.17 through 11.0.0.19 and 12.0.4.0 and 12.0.5.0 contains an unspecified vulnerability in the Discovery Connector nodes which may cause a 3rd party system’s credentials to be exposed to a privileged attacker. IBM X-Force ID: 238211.

01What is this vulnerability?

IBM App Connect Enterprise 11.0.0.17 through 11.0.0.19 and 12.0.4.0 and 12.0.5.0 contains an unspecified vulnerability in the Discovery Connector nodes which may cause a 3rd party system’s credentials to be exposed to a privileged attacker. IBM X-Force ID: 238211.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
IBM	App Connect Enterprise	11.0.0.17, 12.0.4.0

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2023-02-06T20:25:26.204Z
• Last modified: 2025-03-25T17:35:13.105Z

09References

• www.ibm.com — https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6952435
• exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com — https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/238211