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Security Bulletin: IBM WebSphere Automation is affected by MongoDB security vulnerability

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Summary

IBM WebSphere Automation is affected by a MongoDB security vulnerability (CVE-2025-14847).

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2025-14847
DESCRIPTION:   Mismatched length fields in Zlib compressed protocol headers may allow a read of uninitialized heap memory by an unauthenticated client. This issue affects all MongoDB Server v7.0 prior to 7.0.28 versions, MongoDB Server v8.0 versions prior to 8.0.17, MongoDB Server v8.2 versions prior to 8.2.3, MongoDB Server v6.0 versions prior to 6.0.27, MongoDB Server v5.0 versions prior to 5.0.32, MongoDB Server v4.4 versions prior to 4.4.30, MongoDB Server v4.2 versions greater than or equal to 4.2.0, MongoDB Server v4.0 versions greater than or equal to 4.0.0, and MongoDB Server v3.6 versions greater than or equal to 3.6.0.
CWE:   CWE-130: Improper Handling of Length Parameter Inconsistency
CVSS Source:   cna@mongodb.com
CVSS Base score:   7.5
CVSS Vector:   (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM recommends that customers update to a supported version by referring the End of Support dates for WebSphere Automation.

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
IBM WebSphere Automation1.10.0, 1.11.0

 

Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now by upgrading to 1.11.1 or higher.

Follow https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/ws-automation?topic=installing-validating-installation to confirm the WebSphere Automation operator version.

Follow https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/ws-automation?topic=installing-updating-websphere-automation to update the WebSphere Automation operator installation.

Workarounds and Mitigations

IBM strongly suggest you upgrade immediately. However, if you cannot upgrade immediately, disable zlib compression on the MongoDB Server by performing the following steps.

1. Check if the zlib library is listed under compressions using the following command:

oc exec -it <mongo-pod-name> \
  -c mongo \
  -n <namespace> \
  -- sh -c '
    mongosh \
      --host localhost \
      --tls \
      --tlsCAFile data/configdb/tls.crt \
      --tlsCertificateKeyFile work-dir/mongo.pem \
      -u "$(head -n 1 work-dir/credentials.txt)" \
      -p "$(tail -n 1 work-dir/credentials.txt)" \
      --eval "db.serverStatus().network.compression"
  '

2. If the library exists, edit the wsa-mongo-conf config map and add the following under the net field.

net:
  compression:
    compressors: snappy,zstd

3. Perform command : oc rollout restart statefulset wsa-mongo

4. Verify zlib library is removed using the first command

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Acknowledgement

Change History

15 Jan 2026: 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:
15 January 2026

UID

ibm17257005