Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component in astro-shield - CVE-2024-29896
Published: June 3, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU90708
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-29896
CWE-ID: CWE-74
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to modify data on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to CSP headers generation feature might be "allow-listing" malicious injected resources like inlined JS, or references to external malicious scripts. A remote attacker can gain unauthorized access to modify data on the system.
Affected software
astro-shield
Answer Retrieval for Watson Discovery On Prem
Answer Retrieval for Watson Discovery On Prem
How to mitigate CVE-2024-29896
Install updates from vendor's website.
astro-shield - update to 1.3.0
Answer Retrieval for Watson Discovery On Prem - update to 2.17.0
Answer Retrieval for Watson Discovery On Prem - update to 2.17.0