SB2025060227 - Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Watson Knowledge Catalog
Published: June 2, 2025 Updated: September 5, 2025
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 37 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Asymmetric Resource Consumption (Amplification) (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-45590)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to improper handling of a large number of requests when url encoding is enabled. A remote attacker can send multiple requests to the server and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
2) Infinite loop (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-25710)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to infinite loop when processing a corrupt DUMP file. A remote attacker can consume all available system resources and cause denial of service conditions.
3) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-35517)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources when processing TAR archives. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
4) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-35516)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources when processing 7Z archives. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
5) Infinite loop (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-35515)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to infinite loop when processing 7Z archives. A remote attacker can consume all available system resources and cause denial of service conditions.
6) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-36090)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources when processing ZIP archives. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
7) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-43796)
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in response.redirect() method. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
8) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-43800)
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
9) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-40150)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources when processing untrusted XML or JSON data. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
10) Insufficient entropy (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-31582)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to brute-force JWT token.
The vulnerability exists due to usage of insufficient entropy when generating JWT token. A remote attacker can brute-force the JWT token and gain unauthorized access to the application.
11) Out-of-bounds write (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-45685)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack..
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing crafted JSON data. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application, trigger an out-of-bounds write and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
12) Out-of-bounds write (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-40149)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing untrusted XML or JSON data. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application, trigger an out-of-bounds write and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
13) Out-of-bounds write (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-45693)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack..
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing data passed via the map parameter. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application, trigger an out-of-bounds write and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.14) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-11612)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources within ZlibDecoders in Netty while decoding a ZlibEncoded byte stream. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion by passing an overly large ZlibEncoded byte stream to the Netty server, forcing the server to allocate all of its free memory to a single decoder.
15) Improper access control (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-23944)
The vulnerability allows a remote user to gain unauthorized access to otherwise restricted functionality.
The vulnerability exists due to improper access restrictions in persistent watchers. A remote user can bypass implemented security restrictions and obtain user names or login identifiers.
16) Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-39338)
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform SSRF attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request and trick the application to initiate requests to arbitrary systems.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker gain access to sensitive data, located in the local network or send malicious requests to other servers from the vulnerable system.
17) Path traversal (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-38816)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform directory traversal attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when processing directory traversal sequences in applications serving static resources through the functional web frameworks WebMvc.fn or WebFlux.fn. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request and read arbitrary files on the system.
Specifically, an application is vulnerable when both of the following are true:
- the web application uses
RouterFunctions</code> to serve static resources</li><li>resource handling is explicitly configured with a <code>FileSystemResourcelocation
18) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-47561)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected system.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input when parsing schema in Java SDK. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted schema to the application and execute arbitrary code on the system.
19) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-51775)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion via large p2c (aka PBES2 Count) value and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
20) Insufficient verification of data authenticity (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-25638)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass implemented security restrictions.
The vulnerability exists due to improper response validation when handling DNS queries. Records in DNS replies are not checked for their relevance to the query,
allowing an attacker to respond with RRs from different zones. A remote attacker can bypass DNSSEC restrictions.
21) Incorrect Conversion between Numeric Types (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-3635)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to GzipSource does not handle an exception that might be raised when parsing a malformed gzip buffer. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
22) Out-of-bounds write (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-40151)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error if the parser is running on user supplied input. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted XML input to the application and perform a denial of service attack.
23) Improper input validation (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-40153)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation within the Centralized Third Party Jars (XStream) component in Oracle WebLogic Server. A remote non-authenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
24) Out-of-bounds write (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-40152)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing untrusted input within the Woodstox XML parser. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted input to the application, trigger an out-of-bounds write and crash the application.
25) Improper Certificate Validation (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-39689)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to modify data on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to Certifi python-certifi provide weaker than expected security, caused by the use of GLOBALTRUST root certificate. A remote attacker can trigger the vulnerability to launch further attacks on the system.
26) Out-of-bounds write (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-34610)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing untrusted input. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted file, trigger an out-of-bounds write and perform a denial of service attack.
27) Deserialization of Untrusted Data (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-39705)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to insecure input validation when processing serialized data within the pickle module. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
28) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-43799)
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in the "SendStream.redirect()" function. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
29) Inconsistent interpretation of HTTP requests (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-43797)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to preform HTTP request smuggling attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to improper validation of HTTP requests when processing control chars present at the beginning / end of the header name. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request to the server and smuggle arbitrary HTTP headers.
Successful exploitation of vulnerability may allow an attacker to poison HTTP cache and perform phishing attacks.
30) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-48560)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service attack.
The vulnerability exists due to use-after-free exists via heappushpop in heapq. A remote attacker can trigger the vulnerability to perform a denial of service attack.
31) Security features bypass (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-26612)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected system.
The vulnerability exists due to missing symbolic links checks when extracting files from TAR archives on Windows. A remote attacker can trick the victim to open a specially crafted archive and overwrite files on the system.
32) OS Command Injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-25168)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary shell commands on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation within the FileUtil.unTar(File, File) API. A remote unauthenticated attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and execute arbitrary OS commands on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
33) Cleartext storage of sensitive information (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-21290)
The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to insecure usage of temporary files in AbstractDiskHttpData method in Netty. The application stores sensitive information in temporary file that has insecure permissions. A local user can view application's temporary file and gain access to potentially sensitive data.34) Creation of Temporary File With Insecure Permissions (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-24823)
The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to usage of insecure permissions for temporary files. A local user can view contents of temporary files and gain access to sensitive information.
35) Inconsistent interpretation of HTTP requests (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-21409)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to preform HTTP request smuggling attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to improper validation of HTTP requests in io.netty:netty-codec-http2 in Netty, if the request only uses a single Http2HeaderFrame with the endStream set to to true. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request to the server and smuggle arbitrary HTTP headers.
Successful exploitation of vulnerability may allow an attacker to poison HTTP cache and perform phishing attacks.
36) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-34462)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources if no idle timeout handler was configured. A remote attacker can send a client hello packet, which leads the server to buffer up to 16MB of data per connection and results in a denial of service condition.
37) Inconsistent interpretation of HTTP requests (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-21295)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to preform HTTP request smuggling attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to improper validation of HTTP requests in io.netty:netty-codec-http2 when converting HTTP/2 to HTTP/1 streams. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request to the server and smuggle arbitrary HTTP headers.
Successful exploitation of vulnerability may allow an attacker to poison HTTP cache and perform phishing attacks.
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