Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Serialize-javascript - CVE-2020-7660

 

Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Serialize-javascript - CVE-2020-7660

Published: February 27, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU86835
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 9.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-7660
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 in the function "deleteFunctions" within "index.js". A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and execute arbitrary code on the target system.


Affected software

Serialize-javascript
IBM Cloud Pak for Security
App Connect Enterprise Certified Container
IBM Watson Machine Learning Accelerator
QRadar Suite
servicemesh-grafana (Red Hat package)

How to mitigate CVE-2020-7660

Install updates from vendor's website.

Serialize-javascript - update to 3.1.0
IBM Cloud Pak for Security - update to 1.11.9.0
QRadar Suite - update to 1.11.9.0
servicemesh-grafana (Red Hat package) - update to 6.2.2-38.el8
App Connect Enterprise Certified Container - addressed in versions 12.0.5, 12.5.0

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