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Security Bulletin: IBM Robotic Process Automation is vulnerable to arbitrary code execution due to DevExpress SafeBinaryFormatter (CVE-2022-28684)

Security Bulletin


Summary

DevExpress is used by IBM Robotic Process Automatoin as part of the Dashboard and some commands. (CVE-2022-28684)

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2022-28684
DESCRIPTION:   DevExpress could allow a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by deserialization of untrusted Data in the SafeBinaryFormatter library. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 8.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/229662 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
IBM Robotic Process Automation< 21.0.4
IBM Robotic Process Automation for Cloud Pak< 21.0.4

 


Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now.

Product(s)Version(s) number and/or range Remediation/Fix/Instructions
IBM Robotic Process Automation< 21.0.4Download 21.0.4 and follow instructions.
IBM Robotic Process Automation for Cloud Pak< 21.0.4Update to 21.0.4, follow instructions.

 

 

 

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Change History

26 Sep 2022: Initial Publication

*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.

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Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
29 September 2022

UID

ibm16825145