{"id":"CVE-2022-2637","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2022-2637","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T17:45:23.759Z","title":"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.","description":"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.","published":"2022-10-06T18:15:58.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T04:42:16.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"hirt@hitachi.co.jp","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-266","CWE-269"],"affected":["hitachi/storage plug-in"],"epss":{"score":0.00553,"percentile":0.45954,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.55%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://www.hitachi.com/products/it/software/security/info/vuls/hitachi-sec-2022-131/index.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"hirt@hitachi.co.jp"},{"url":"https://www.hitachi.com/products/it/software/security/info/vuls/hitachi-sec-2022-131/index.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2637","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}