Security Bulletin
Summary
IBM Fusion HCI and IBM Fusion user interfaces are affected by vulnerabilities in Node.js packages follow-redirects, axios, webpack, and Go package Beego. Vulnerabilities include remote authenticated exposure of sensitive information, server-side request forgery, and cross-site scripting allowing a remote authenticated attacker to inject a malicious script. CVE-2024-39338, CVE-2024-40465, CVE-2024-28849, CVE-2024-43788, CVE-2023-45857.
Vulnerability Details
DESCRIPTION: Axios is vulnerable to server-side request forgery, caused by a flaw with requests for path relative URLs get processed as protocol relative URLs. By sending a specially crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to conduct SSRF attack.
CWE: CWE-918: Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
CVSS Source: IBM X-Force
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2024-40465
DESCRIPTION: Beego could allow a remote authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by a flaw in the getCacheFileName function in file.go. By attaching a specially crafted file, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain elevated privileges.
CWE: CWE-327: Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm
CVSS Source: IBM X-Force
CVSS Base score: 8.8
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2024-28849
DESCRIPTION: Node.js follow-redirects module could allow a remote authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the leakage of credentials when clearing authorization header during cross-domain redirect, but keeping the proxy-authentication header. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain credentials and other sensitive information.
CWE: CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CVSS Source: IBM X-Force
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2024-43788
DESCRIPTION: Webpack and Rspack are vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input. A remote authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to inject malicious script into a Web page which would be executed in a victim's Web browser within the security context of the hosting Web site, once the page is viewed. An attacker could use this vulnerability to steal the victim's cookie-based authentication credentials.
CWE: CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVSS Source: IBM X-Force
CVSS Base score: 6.4
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2023-45857
DESCRIPTION: Axios is vulnerable to cross-site request forgery, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input. By inserting the X-XSRF-TOKEN header using the secret XSRF-TOKEN cookie value in all requests to any server when the XSRF-TOKEN0 cookie is available, and the withCredentials setting is turned on, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to perform cross-site scripting attacks, Web cache poisoning, and other malicious activities.
CWE: CWE-352: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
CVSS Source: IBM X-Force
CVSS Base score: 7.1
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| IBM Fusion | 2.3.0 - 2.8.2 |
| IBM Fusion HCI | 2.3.0 - 2.8.2 |
| IBM Fusion HCI for watsonx | 2.8.2 |
Remediation/Fixes
IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now.
| Product(s) | Version(s) number and/or range | Remediation/Fix/Instructions |
| IBM Fusion | 2.3.0 - 2.8.2 | Upgrade to 2.9.0 - See README for upgrade instructions. |
| IBM Fusion HCI | 2.3.0 - 2.8.2 | Upgrade to 2.9.0 - See README for upgrade instructions. |
| IBM Fusion HCI for watsonx | 2.8.2 | Upgrade to 2.9.0 - See README for upgrade instructions. |
Workarounds and Mitigations
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References
Acknowledgement
Change History
17 Dec 2024: Initial Publication
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Document Information
Modified date:
14 April 2025
Initial Publish date:
17 December 2024
UID
ibm17179188