Security Bulletin
Summary
Potential vulnerability in Webpack has been identified that affects IBM watsonx Assistant Cartridge and IBM watsonx Orchestrate with watsonx Assistant Cartridge - Assistant Builder Component. . The vulnerability have been addressed. Refer to details for additional information.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2025-68157
DESCRIPTION: Webpack is a module bundler. From version 5.49.0 to before 5.104.0, when experiments.buildHttp is enabled, webpack’s HTTP(S) resolver (HttpUriPlugin) enforces allowedUris only for the initial URL, but does not re-validate allowedUris after following HTTP 30x redirects. As a result, an import that appears restricted to a trusted allow-list can be redirected to HTTP(S) URLs outside the allow-list. This is a policy/allow-list bypass that enables build-time SSRF behavior (requests from the build machine to internal-only endpoints, depending on network access) and untrusted content inclusion in build outputs (redirected content is treated as module source and bundled). This issue has been patched in version 5.104.0.
CWE: CWE-918: Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
CVSS Source: security-advisories@github.com
CVSS Base score: 3.7
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2025-68458
DESCRIPTION: Webpack is a module bundler. From version 5.49.0 to before 5.104.1, when experiments.buildHttp is enabled, webpack’s HTTP(S) resolver (HttpUriPlugin) can be bypassed to fetch resources from hosts outside allowedUris by using crafted URLs that include userinfo (username:password@host). If allowedUris enforcement relies on a raw string prefix check (e.g., uri.startsWith(allowed)), a URL that looks allow-listed can pass validation while the actual network request is sent to a different authority/host after URL parsing. This is a policy/allow-list bypass that enables build-time SSRF behavior (outbound requests from the build machine to internal-only endpoints, depending on network access) and untrusted content inclusion (the fetched response is treated as module source and bundled). This issue has been patched in version 5.104.1.
CWE: CWE-918: Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
CVSS Source: security-advisories@github.com
CVSS Base score: 3.7
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| IBM watsonx Assistant Cartridge | 4.0 - 5.3.1 |
| IBM watsonx Orchestrate with watsonx Assistant Cartridge - Assistant Builder Component. | 5.0 - 5.3.1 |
Remediation/Fixes
For all affected versions, IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now by upgrading to the latest (v5.4 or later releases) release of IBM watsonx Assistant Cartridge and IBM watsonx Orchestrate with watsonx Assistant Cartridge which maintains backward compatibility with the versions listed above.
| Product Latest Version | Remediation/Fix/Instructions |
| IBM watsonx Assistant Cartridge 5.4 |
Follow instructions for Installing watsonx Assistant in Link to Release (v5.4 release information) https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-data/5.4.x |
| IBM watsonx Orchestrate with watsonx Assistant Cartridge - Assistant Builder Component. 5.4 |
Upgrade to IBM watsonx Orchestrate with IBM watsonx Assistant Cartridge 5.4 https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/watsonx/watson-orchestrate/current?topic=installing-watsonx-orchestrate-premises |
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Acknowledgement
Change History
22 Jun 2026: Initial Publication
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Document Location
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Document Information
Modified date:
22 June 2026
Initial Publish date:
22 June 2026
UID
ibm17277353