CVE-2022-30616Network attack vector

Platform administrator escalation via API manipulation

Published Jul 31, 2022 · Updated Sep 17, 2024

Privilege escalation in IBM Robotic Process Automation 21.0.0 through 21.0.2 allows remote authenticated users to become platform administrators. A privileged account can manipulate unspecified APIs, but IBM has not disclosed the affected endpoints or the authorization check they perform incorrectly. Exploitation requires existing high privileges and grants platform-administrator control over the affected deployment.

CVSS severity8.0
High
EPSS probability0.92%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Privilege escalation in IBM Robotic Process Automation 21.0.0 through 21.0.2 allows remote authenticated users to become platform administrators. A privileged account can manipulate unspecified APIs, but IBM has not disclosed the affected endpoints or the authorization check they perform incorrectly. Exploitation requires existing high privileges and grants platform-administrator control over the affected deployment.

The record

CVE
CVE-2022-30616
Published
Jul 31, 2022
Updated
Sep 17, 2024
Vendor
IBM
Product
IBM Robotic Process Automation
Classifications
T1068
Attack vector
network
Privileges
admin

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Jul 31, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Sep 17, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=21.0.0
  2. Affected versionversion=21.0.1
  3. Affected versionversion=21.0.2

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesadmin

What is affected?

IBM · IBM Robotic Process Automationversion=21.0.0; version=21.0.1; version=21.0.2

Published CVSS scores

8.0IBMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Attacks

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectornetwork
Privilegesadmin
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

T1068Exploitation for Privilege Escalation

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