OS Command Injection in IBM CICS TX Standard and IBM CICS TX Advanced - CVE-2022-31767

 

OS Command Injection in IBM CICS TX Standard and IBM CICS TX Advanced - CVE-2022-31767

Published: October 2, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU81317
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-31767
CWE-ID: CWE-78
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary shell commands on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation. 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.


Affected software

IBM CICS TX Standard
IBM CICS TX Advanced

How to mitigate CVE-2022-31767

Install updates from vendor's website.

IBM CICS TX Standard - update to 11.1.0.0 ifix2
IBM CICS TX Advanced - update to 11.1.0.0 ifix2

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