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Security Bulletin: Platform Navigator and Automation Assets in IBM Cloud Pak for Integration are vulnerable to bypassing security restrictions due to multiple Node.js vulnerabilities

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Summary

Platform Navigator and Automation Assets in IBM Cloud Pak for Integration are vulnerable to bypassing security restrictions due to Node.js CVE-2023-32558, CVE-2023-32003, CVE-2023-32006, CVE-2023-32559, CVE-2023-32005, CVE-2023-32002, CVE-2023-32004 with details below. The vulnerabilities have been addressed.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2023-32558
DESCRIPTION:   Node.js could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by the use of the deprecated API process.binding(). By using a path traversal sequence, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass the permission model.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/262900 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)

CVEID:   CVE-2023-32003
DESCRIPTION:   Node.js could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by a missing getValidatedPath() check in the fs.mkdtemp() and fs.mkdtempSync() APIs. By using a path traversal attack, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass the permission model check and create an arbitrary directory.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/262904 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

CVEID:   CVE-2023-32006
DESCRIPTION:   Node.js could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by the use of module.constructor.createRequire(). By sending a specially crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass the permission policy mechanism.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/262901 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

CVEID:   CVE-2023-32559
DESCRIPTION:   Node.js could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by the use of the deprecated API process.binding(). By sending a specially crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass the permission policy mechanism.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/262902 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

CVEID:   CVE-2023-32005
DESCRIPTION:   Node.js could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the failure to restrict file stats through the fs.statfs API in the permission model. By using the --allow-fs-read flag with a non-* argument, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to retrieve stats from files that they do not have explicit read access to.
CVSS Base score: 3.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/262903 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

CVEID:   CVE-2023-32002
DESCRIPTION:   Node.js could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by the use of Module._load(). By sending a specially crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass the permission policy mechanism.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/262896 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)

CVEID:   CVE-2023-32004
DESCRIPTION:   Node.js could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by the improper handling of Buffers in file system APIs within the experimental permission model. By specifying a path traversal sequence in a Buffer, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a path traversal bypass when verifying file permissions.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/262899 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
Platform Navigator in IBM Cloud Pak for Integration (CP4I)2021.2.1
2021.4.1
2022.2.1
2022.4.1
2023.2.1
Automation Assets in IBM Cloud Pak for Integration (CP4I)2021.2.1
2021.4.1
2022.2.1

Remediation/Fixes

Platform Navigator in IBM Cloud Pak for Integration
Upgrade Platform Navigator to either the LTS or CD version:
LTS: 2022.2.1-13 using the Operator upgrade process described in the IBM Documentation
CD: 2023.2.1-2 using the Operator upgrade process described in the IBM Documentation
https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-integration/2023.2?topic=upgrading-platform-ui

Automation Assets version in IBM Cloud Pak for Integration
Upgrade Automation Assets Operator to 2022.2.1-12 using the Operator upgrade process described in the IBM Documentation

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Acknowledgement

Change History

14 Sep 2023: 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:
14 September 2023

UID

ibm17032238