Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-2637

Medium

Published: 06 October 2022

Published
06 October 2022
Modified
25 February 2026
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 5.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0066 71.5th percentile
Risk Priority 11 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-2637 is a medium-severity Incorrect Privilege Assignment (CWE-266) vulnerability in Hitachi Storage Plug-In. Its CVSS base score is 5.4 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked in the top 28.5% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in Hitachi Hitachi Storage Plug-in for VMware vCenter allows remote authenticated users to cause privilege escalation.This issue affects Hitachi Storage Plug-in for VMware vCenter: from 04.8.0 before 04.9.0.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

hitachi
storage plug-in
04.8.0

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-269 CWE-266

Policy addresses roles, responsibilities, and privilege management to prevent improper privilege assignments.

addresses: CWE-269 CWE-266

Access supervision ensures privileges are assigned and managed without improper escalation or retention.

addresses: CWE-269 CWE-266

Assigning group/role memberships and access authorizations (privileges) while reviewing accounts addresses improper privilege management.

addresses: CWE-266 CWE-269

The control requires explicit definition of separated access authorizations, making incorrect privilege assignments that bundle conflicting duties harder to implement.

addresses: CWE-269 CWE-266

Implements core proper privilege management by restricting to only required rights.

addresses: CWE-269

Enforces proper privilege management by requiring all decisions through the verified reference monitor.

addresses: CWE-269

Policy requires training on privilege management and least privilege, making it harder to exploit improper privilege management weaknesses.

addresses: CWE-269

Training covers proper privilege management practices, making incorrect privilege assignments less likely.

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