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Security Bulletin: Multiple security vulnerabilities in Go affects IBM Robotic Process Automation for Cloud Pak

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Summary

Multiple security vulnerabilities in Go affects IBM Robotic Process Automation for Cloud Pak. Go is used by IBM Robotic Process Automation for Cloud Pak as part of its deployment. This bulletin identifies the fixes required to resolve the vulnerabilities.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2025-47290
DESCRIPTION:   containerd is a container runtime. A time-of-check to time-of-use (TOCTOU) vulnerability was found in containerd v2.1.0. While unpacking an image during an image pull, specially crafted container images could arbitrarily modify the host file system. The only affected version of containerd is 2.1.0. Other versions of containerd are not affected. This bug has been fixed in containerd 2.1.1. Users should update to this version to resolve the issue. As a workaround, ensure that only trusted images are used and that only trusted users have permissions to import images.
CWE:   CWE-367: Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition
CVSS Source:   NVD
CVSS Base score:   5.9
CVSS Vector:   (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)

CVEID:   CVE-2025-47291
DESCRIPTION:   containerd is an open-source container runtime. A bug was found in the containerd's CRI implementation where containerd, starting in version 2.0.1 and prior to version 2.0.5, doesn't put usernamespaced containers under the Kubernetes' cgroup hierarchy, therefore some Kubernetes limits are not honored. This may cause a denial of service of the Kubernetes node. This bug has been fixed in containerd 2.0.5+ and 2.1.0+. Users should update to these versions to resolve the issue. As a workaround, disable usernamespaced pods in Kubernetes temporarily.
CWE:   CWE-266: Incorrect Privilege Assignment
CVSS Source:   NVD
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)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
IBM Robotic Process Automation for Cloud Pak23.0.0 - 23.0.20.2

 

Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now.
Product(s)Version(s) number and/or range Remediation/Fix/Instructions
IBM Robotic Process Automation for Cloud Pak23.0.0 - 23.0.20.2Update to 23.0.20.3 or higher using the following instructions

 

These vulnerabilities affect the IBM Robotic Process Automation server.

 

Workarounds and Mitigations

None.

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Acknowledgement

Change History

16 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:
16 January 2026

Initial Publish date:
16 January 2026

UID

ibm17257264