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Security Bulletin: IBM WebSphere Automation for IBM Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps is vulnerable to cross-site request forgery (CVE-2022-22493)

Security Bulletin


Summary

IBM WebSphere Automation for IBM Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps is vulnerable to cross-site request forgery. This has been addressed.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2022-22493
DESCRIPTION:   IBM WebSphere Automation for IBM Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps is vulnerable to cross-site request forgery, caused by improper cookie attribute setting.
CVSS Base score: 3.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/226449 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

These vulnerabilities affect all versions of IBM WebSphere Automation for IBM Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps up to and including 1.4.2.

Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now by upgrading to 1.4.3 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

None

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References

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Change History

04 Oct 2022: 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:
07 October 2022

UID

ibm16826727