Security Bulletin: IBM Robotic Process Automation is vulnerable to an issue where an API could be used to perform a DNS lookup via a third party provider.

Security Bulletin

Summary

IBM Robotic Process Automation is vulnerable to an issue where an API could be used to perform a DNS lookup via a third party provider.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2022-22433
DESCRIPTION: IBM Robotic Process Automation is vulnerable to External Service Interaction attack, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to induce the application to perform server-side DNS lookups or HTTP requests to arbitrary domain names. By submitting suitable payloads, an attacker can cause the application server to attack other systems that it can interact with.
CVSS Base score: 2.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/224156 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)	Version(s)
IBM Robotic Process Automation	< 21.0.2.1
IBM Robotic Process Automation	< 21.0.1.5
IBM Robotic Process Automation as a Service	All

Remediation/Fixes

Affected Product(s)	Version(s)	Remediated Versions
IBM Robotic Process Automation	< 21.0.2.1	21.0.2.1
IBM Robotic Process Automation	< 21.0.1.5	21.0.1.5

All IBM Robotic Process Automation as a Service regions have been updated to a level that includes a fix for this issue.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Change History

13 Apr 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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Security Bulletin: IBM Robotic Process Automation is vulnerable to an issue where an API could be used to perform a DNS lookup via a third party provider.