Input validation error in import-in-the-middle - CVE-2023-38704
Published: September 14, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU80768
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-38704
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a remote code exectution.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in cases where an application passes user-supplied input directly to the `import()` function. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a remote code exectution.
Affected software
import-in-the-middle
IBM Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps
IBM Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps
How to mitigate CVE-2023-38704
Install updates from vendor's website.
import-in-the-middle - update to 1.4.2
IBM Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps - update to 4.1.2
IBM Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps - update to 4.1.2