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Security Bulletin: IBM Robotic Process Automation is vulnerable to proxy credential exposure in upgrade logs (CVE-2022-39168)

Security Bulletin


Summary

IBM Robotic Process Automation Client is vulnerable to proxy credential exposure in upgrade logs.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2022-39168
DESCRIPTION:   IBM Robotic Process Automation Clients are vulnerable to proxy credentials being exposed in upgrade logs.
CVSS Base score: 4.6
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/235422 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
IBM Robotic Process Automation for Cloud Pak21.0.3, 21.0.4
IBM Robotic Process Automation as a Service21.0.3, 21.0.4
IBM Robotic Process Automation21.0.3, 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 Automation21.0.3-21.0.4Download 21.0.5 and follow instructions.
IBM Robotic Process Automation for Cloud Pak21.0.3-21.0.4Download 21.0.5 and follow instructions.
IBM Robotic Process Automation as a Service21.0.3-21.0.4Download the 21.0.5 client from the Control Center and follow instructions.

 

Workarounds and Mitigations

Workarounds/Mitigation guidance:

If you use a proxy configuration and you have previously upgraded to 21.0.3.x or 21.0.4 delete the C:\ProgramData\IBM Robotic Process Automation\Setup\SetupServices.log file or alternatively, edit the file to remove proxy credentials.

 

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References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

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.

Disclaimer

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Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
28 September 2022

UID

ibm16824885

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