Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Red Hat build of Quarkus - CVE-2023-6267

 

Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Red Hat build of Quarkus - CVE-2023-6267

Published: January 25, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU85806
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-2023-6267
CWE-ID: CWE-502
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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

The vulnerability exists due to insecure input validation when processing serialized data when REST resources are used with annotations. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


Affected software

Red Hat build of Quarkus
IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation
Business Automation Insights

How to mitigate CVE-2023-6267

Install updates from vendor's website.

Red Hat build of Quarkus - addressed in versions 2.13.9.SP1, 3.2.9.SP1
IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation - addressed in versions 21.0.3.31, 23.0.2.3
Business Automation Insights - update to 23.0.2.0.2

External References

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