SB2022120106 - Privilege escalation in IBM Watson Discovery for IBM Cloud Pak for Data
Published: December 1, 2022
Security Bulletin ID
SB2022120106
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) OS Command Injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-4041)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation in the ansible_runner.interface.run_command. A local user can pass specially crafted parameters to the command that get executed on the host operating system instead of the guest OS.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-ibm-watson-discovery-for-ibm-cloud-pak-for-data-affected-by-vulnerability-in-ansible/"
- https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-ibm-watson-discovery-for-ibm-cloud-pak-for-data-affected-by-vulnerability-in-ansible/</a><br>
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6840927<br><br></p>