IBM Watson Discovery for IBM Cloud Pak for Data update for Google gRPC

1) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU96644

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 2.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-7246

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform spoofing attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of HTTP/2 headers. A remote attacker can send a series of HTTP/2 requests to the application and gain access to sensitive information or perform spoofing attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Watson Discovery for IBM Cloud Pak for Data: before 4.8.7

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:ibm_corporation:ibm_watson_discovery_for_ibm_cloud_pak_for_data:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7185036

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.