IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (IBM Spectrum Protect) 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, and 7.1 does not perform sufficient authority checking on SQL queries. As a result, an attacker is able to submit SQL queries that access database tables that are not intended for access or use by administrators. The access of these product specific database tables may allow access to passwords or other sensitive information for the product. IBM Reference #: 1998946.

Related CVEs

CVE-2016-8940

Key Information

GHSA ID

GHSA-f743-8m8m-5x2v

Published

May 17, 2022 2:55 AM

Last Modified

May 17, 2022 2:55 AM

CVSS Score

7.5 /10

Primary Ecosystem

Unknown

Primary Package

Unknown

GitHub Reviewed

✗ No

Dataset

Last updated: August 30, 2025 6:32 AM

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