Resource exhaustion in node-fetch - CVE-2022-2596
Published: October 31, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU68848
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-2596
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
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 and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Affected software
node-fetch
DB2 Data Management Console
IBM Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps
QRadar Assistant
Spectrum Discover
DB2 Data Management Console
IBM Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps
QRadar Assistant
Spectrum Discover
How to mitigate CVE-2022-2596
Install updates from vendor's website.
node-fetch - update to 3.2.10
DB2 Data Management Console - update to 3.1.13.2
Spectrum Discover - addressed in versions 2.0.4.8, 2.1.1
IBM Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps - update to 3.5
QRadar Assistant - update to 3.6.0
DB2 Data Management Console - update to 3.1.13.2
Spectrum Discover - addressed in versions 2.0.4.8, 2.1.1
IBM Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps - update to 3.5
QRadar Assistant - update to 3.6.0