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Security Bulletin: Due to Logstash, IBM Cloud Pak System is affected by Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory [CVE-2026-33466]

Security Bulletin


Summary

Vulnerability was found in Logstash shipped with IBM Cloud Pak System. Vulnerability was addressed in IBM Cloud Pak System version 2.3.6.2.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2026-33466
DESCRIPTION:   Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory (CWE-22) in Logstash can lead to arbitrary file write and potentially remote code execution via Relative Path Traversal (CAPEC-139). The archive extraction utilities used by Logstash do not properly validate file paths within compressed archives. An attacker who can serve a specially crafted archive to Logstash through a compromised or attacker-controlled update endpoint can write arbitrary files to the host filesystem with the privileges of the Logstash process. In certain configurations where automatic pipeline reloading is enabled, this can be escalated to remote code execution.
CWE:   CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CVSS Source:   NVD
CVSS Base score:   9.8
CVSS Vector:   (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
IBM Cloud Pak System

2.3.6.0

IBM Cloud Pak System2.3.6.1

 

Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now by upgrading to version 2.3.6.2.

This Security bulletin applies to IBM Cloud Pak System, IBM Cloud Pak System Software and  IBM Cloud Pak System Software Suite.

Information on upgrading here  https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7284365

For unsupported versions the recommendation is  to upgrade to supported version of the product.

 

 

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Acknowledgement

Change History

02 Oct 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:
02 October 2026

Initial Publish date:
02 October 2026

UID

ibm17290710