SB2026011803 - Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Robotic Process Automation for Cloud Pak



SB2026011803 - Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Robotic Process Automation for Cloud Pak

Published: January 18, 2026

Security Bulletin ID SB2026011803
CSH Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.


1) Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-47290)

CWE-ID: CWE-367 - Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber


The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected system.

The vulnerability exists due to a race condition while unpacking an image during an image pull. A remote attacker can trick the victim into using a specially crafted image and perform arbitrary modifications of the host file system, leading to its compromise.


2) Improper Preservation of Permissions (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-47291)

CWE-ID: CWE-281 - Improper preservation of permissions

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear


The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to the CRI implementation does not put usernamespaced containers under the Kubernetes' cgroup hierarchy, which causes Kubernetes limits not to be honored. A local user or malicious application inside the container can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.