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Security Bulletin: Denial of Service vulnerability in WebSphere Liberty affects IBM Business Automation Workflow - CVE-2024-40094

Security Bulletin


Summary

IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty is shipped as a component of IBM Business Automation Workflow Process Federation Server and User Management Service. IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty is also the foundation of many images in IBM Business Automation Workflow on Containers. IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty is vulnerable to a denial of service attack.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2024-40094
DESCRIPTION:   GraphQL Java (aka graphql-java) is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the failure to properly consider ExecutableNormalizedFields (ENFs) as part of preventing denial of service. By using introspection queries, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
CWE:   CWE-20: Improper Input Validation
CVSS Source:   IBM X-Force
CVSS Base score:   5.3
CVSS Vector:   (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

 

Affected Product(s)Version(s)Status
IBM Business Automation Workflow containers

V24.0.1
V24.0.0 - V24.0.0-IF003
earlier versions

affected
IBM Business Automation Workflow traditionalV24.0.1
V24.0.0
earlier versions
affected

For earlier and unsupported versions of the products, IBM recommends upgrading to a fixed, supported version of the product.

Remediation/Fixes

 

Affected Product(s)Version(s)Remediation / Fix
IBM Business Automation Workflow containersV24.0.1Apply V24.0.1-IF001
IBM Business Automation Workflow containersV24.0.0 - V24.0.0-IF003Apply 24.0.0-IF004 or later
IBM Business Automation Workflow containersV23.0.1
V22.0.1 - V22.0.2
V21.0.1 - V21.0.3
V20.0.0.1 - V20.0.0.2
Upgrade to V24.0.1-IF001 or 24.0.0-IF004 or later
IBM Business Automation Workflow traditional and IBM Business Automation Workflow Enterprise Service BusV24.0.0 - V24.0.1
earlier versions

Please follow Security Bulletin: IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty is vulnerable to a denial of service due to GraphQL Java (CVE-2024-40094)

 

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Acknowledgement

Change History

03 Mar 2025: 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:
03 March 2025

UID

ibm17184696