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Security Bulletin: A vulnerability in WebSphere Application Server Liberty affects IBM Robotic Process Automation and may result in an External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data (CVE-2024-22354).

Security Bulletin


Summary

A vulnerability in WebSphere Application Server Liberty affects IBM Robotic Process Automation and may result in an External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data. WebSphere Application Server is used as the application server layer for IBM Robotic Process Automation containers. This bulletin identifies the security fix to apply to address the vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2024-22354
DESCRIPTION:   IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.5, 9.0 and IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty 17.0.0.3 through 24.0.0.5 are vulnerable to an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose sensitive information, consume memory resources, or to conduct a server-side request forgery attack. IBM X-Force ID: 280401.
CWE:   CWE-611: Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference
CVSS Source:   IBM X-Force
CVSS Base score:   7
CVSS Vector:   (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
IBM Robotic Process Automation for Cloud Pak21.0.0 - 21.0.7.17, 23.0.0 - 23.0.17
IBM Robotic Process Automation21.0.0 - 21.0.7.17, 23.0.0 - 23.0.17

Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now.
Product(s)Version(s) number and/or range Remediation/Fix/Instructions
IBM Robotic Process Automation21.0.0 - 21.0.7.17Download 21.0.7.18 or higher and follow these instructions.
IBM Robotic Process Automation for Cloud Pak21.0.0 - 21.0.7.17Update to 21.0.7.18 or higher using the following instructions
IBM Robotic Process Automation23.0.0 - 23.0.17Download 23.0.18 or higher and follow these instructions.

IBM Robotic Process Automation for Cloud Pak

23.0.0 - 23.0.17Update to 23.0.18 or higher using the following instructions.

 

This vulnerability affect the IBM Robotic Process Automation server.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None.

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References

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Acknowledgement

Change History

14 Oct 2024: 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 October 2024

UID

ibm17173043