Security Bulletin
Summary
IBM Security SOAR uses an older version of the Python cryptography/openssl library which has a known vulnerability. An update has been released which address this issue. It is recommended upgrading to Version 51.0.5.1 or later of IBM Security SOAR.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2024-12797
DESCRIPTION: Issue summary: Clients using RFC7250 Raw Public Keys (RPKs) to authenticate a
server may fail to notice that the server was not authenticated, because
handshakes don't abort as expected when the SSL_VERIFY_PEER verification mode
is set.
Impact summary: TLS and DTLS connections using raw public keys may be
vulnerable to man-in-middle attacks when server authentication failure is not
detected by clients.
RPKs are disabled by default in both TLS clients and TLS servers. The issue
only arises when TLS clients explicitly enable RPK use by the server, and the
server, likewise, enables sending of an RPK instead of an X.509 certificate
chain. The affected clients are those that then rely on the handshake to
fail when the server's RPK fails to match one of the expected public keys,
by setting the verification mode to SSL_VERIFY_PEER.
Clients that enable server-side raw public keys can still find out that raw
public key verification failed by calling SSL_get_verify_result(), and those
that do, and take appropriate action, are not affected. This issue was
introduced in the initial implementation of RPK support in OpenSSL 3.2.
The FIPS modules in 3.4, 3.3, 3.2, 3.1 and 3.0 are not affected by this issue.
CWE: CWE-392: Missing Report of Error Condition
CVSS Source: CISA ADP
CVSS Base score: 6.3
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| IBM Security SOAR | 51.0.4.0, 51.0.4.1, 51.0.4.2, 51.0.5.0 |
Remediation/Fixes
IBM encourages customers to update their systems promptly.
Users must upgrade to version 51.0.5.1 or higher of IBM Security QRadar SOAR in order to obtain a fix for this vulnerability.
You can upgrade the platform and apply the security updates by following the instructions in the "Upgrading the SOAR Platform" section in the IBM Documentation
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Acknowledgement
Change History
28 Mar 2025: Initial Publication
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Modified date:
28 March 2025
UID
ibm17229387