Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Cloud Pak for Security (CP4S)

1) Code Injection

EUVDB-ID: #VU64034

Risk: High

CVSSv3.1: 8.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-3918

CWE-ID: CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data during the validation of a JSON object. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted JSON file for validation and execute arbitrary code.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Cloud Pak for Security (CP4S): 1.10.1.0 - 1.10.6.0

External links

http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6854977

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

2) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU25823

Risk: High

CVSSv3.1: 8.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-1747

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input when processing untrusted YAML files passed via the "full_load" method or with the "FullLoader" loader. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and execute arbitrary code by abusing the python/object/new constructor.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Cloud Pak for Security (CP4S): 1.10.1.0 - 1.10.6.0

External links

http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6854977

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

3) Overly permissive cross-domain whitelist

EUVDB-ID: #VU66447

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 3.8 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-1996

CWE-ID: CWE-942 - Overly Permissive Cross-domain Whitelist

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass the CORS protection mechanism.

The vulnerability exists due to incorrect processing of the "Origin" HTTP header that is supplied within HTTP request. A remote attacker can supply arbitrary value via the "Origin" HTTP header, bypass implemented CORS protection mechanism and perform cross-site scripting attacks against the vulnerable application.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Cloud Pak for Security (CP4S): 1.10.1.0 - 1.10.6.0

External links

http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6854977

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

4) Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command

EUVDB-ID: #VU71700

Risk: High

CVSSv3.1: 8.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-21235

CWE-ID: CWE-88 - Argument Injection or Modification

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to argument strings being passed to hg in a way that additional flags can be set when hg is executed. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Cloud Pak for Security (CP4S): 1.10.1.0 - 1.10.6.0

External links

http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6854977

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

5) Command Injection

EUVDB-ID: #VU67516

Risk: High

CVSSv3.1: 8.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-42740

CWE-ID: CWE-77 - Command injection

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation in the regex designed to support Windows drive letters before passing it into the exec() call. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted payload to the application and execute arbitrary code on the system.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Cloud Pak for Security (CP4S): 1.10.1.0 - 1.10.6.0

External links

http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6854977

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

6) Improper access control

EUVDB-ID: #VU64780

Risk: High

CVSSv3.1: 8.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-26892

CWE-ID: CWE-284 - Improper Access Control

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper access restrictions in JWT library in NATS nats-server when handling expired credentials. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request, gain unauthorized access and execute arbitrary code on the system.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Cloud Pak for Security (CP4S): 1.10.1.0 - 1.10.6.0

External links

http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6854977

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

7) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU56912

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 3.8 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-29469

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources, when a client is in monitoring mode. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Cloud Pak for Security (CP4S): 1.10.1.0 - 1.10.6.0

External links

http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6854977

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.