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Security Bulletin: IBM Controller is affected by vulnerabilities

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Summary

There are vulnerabilities in IBM® Websphere Application Server Liberty and Open-Source Software (OSS) components used by IBM Controller. Additionally, IBM Controller is vulnerable to Client-Side Desync (CSD) (CVE-2022-39163). Please refer to the table in the Related Information section for vulnerability impact. This Security Bulletin relates only to the direct usage of third-party components by IBM Controller and not any nested dependencies within the product.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2024-45296
DESCRIPTION:   path-to-regexp turns path strings into a regular expressions. In certain cases, path-to-regexp will output a regular expression that can be exploited to cause poor performance. Because JavaScript is single threaded and regex matching runs on the main thread, poor performance will block the event loop and lead to a DoS. The bad regular expression is generated any time you have two parameters within a single segment, separated by something that is not a period (.). For users of 0.1, upgrade to 0.1.10. All other users should upgrade to 8.0.0.
CWE:   CWE-1333: Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity
CVSS Source:   CVE.org
CVSS Base score:   7.5
CVSS Vector:   (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

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)

CVEID:   CVE-2022-39163
DESCRIPTION:   IBM Cognos Controller is vulnerable to a Client-Side Desync (CSD) attack where an attacker could exploit a desynchronized browser connection that could lead to further cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
CWE:   CWE-444: Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests ('HTTP Request/Response Smuggling')
CVSS Source:   IBM
CVSS Base score:   4.7
CVSS Vector:   (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
IBM Controller11.1.0
IBM Cognos Controller11.0.0 - 11.0.1

Remediation/Fixes

It is strongly recommended that you apply the most recent security updates:
    
Affected Product(s)Version(s)Fix
IBM Controller11.1.0Download IBM Controller 11.1.0 FP3 from Fix Central
IBM Cognos Controller11.0.0 - 11.0.1 Download IBM Cognos Controller 11.0.1 FP4 from Fix Central


IBM Controller 11.1.0.3 and IBM Cognos Controller 11.0.1.4 are available for Cloud deployments. To schedule an upgrade to this release for either your non-production or production environment, log a support case at https://www.ibm.com/mysupport.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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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

 

These definitions can be found on the following IBM PSIRT News page: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6610583

Affected: The software product contains code, which has a documented vulnerability. Based on currently available information, however, we believe that the issue is likely not exploitable. However, as a best practice and from an abundance of caution, we recommend customers update their systems as soon as practical. Vulnerabilities evolve, and a means of exploiting any issue may emerge at any time.

Vulnerable: The software product contains code, which has a documented vulnerability. Our analysis shows that the issue may be exploitable.

Affected/Vulnerable Products and Versions: As used in IBM Security Bulletins, this category is intended to be only products and versions that are supported by IBM, and have not passed their end-of-support or warranty date. Thus, not including a reference in a Security Bulletin to unsupported or extended-support products or versions does not indicate a determination by IBM that they are unaffected by the vulnerability. Additionally, including a reference to one or more unsupported versions in a Security Bulletin (including reference to "All" versions) does not create an obligation for IBM to provide fixes for any unsupported or extended-support products or versions.

DependencyCVEImpact
IBM® Websphere Application Server LibertyCVE-2024-40094Affected
path-to-regexpCVE-2024-45296Vulnerable
Not dependency relatedCVE-2022-39163Vulnerable

 

Acknowledgement

Change History

26 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.

Disclaimer

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Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
26 March 2025

UID

ibm17192746

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