Authorization bypass through user-controlled key in url-parse - CVE-2022-0639

 

Authorization bypass through user-controlled key in url-parse - CVE-2022-0639

Published: September 13, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU67253
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-0639
CWE-ID: CWE-639
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to otherwise restricted functionality.

The vulnerability exists due to improper access restrictions. A remote attacker can bypass implemented security restrictions and gain unauthorized access to the application.


Affected software

url-parse
Migration Toolkit for Containers
IBM Watson Machine Learning Accelerator
IBM Planning Analytics Workspace
Ubuntu
node-url-parse (Ubuntu package)
IBM Cloud Pak System

How to mitigate CVE-2022-0639

Install updates from vendor's website.

url-parse - update to 1.5.7
Migration Toolkit for Containers - update to 1.7.4
node-url-parse (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro, 1.2.0-1ubuntu0.1, 1.4.7-3ubuntu0.1
IBM Planning Analytics Workspace - update to 2.0.93
IBM Cloud Pak System - update to 2.3.3.5

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