Security Bulletin: HTML comments with sensitive information could be present in IBM Workload Scheduler

Security Bulletin

Summary

HTML comments with sensitive information, as file locations, machine or user names, could be present in IBM Dynamic Workload Console 9.5

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2020-4673
DESCRIPTION: IBM Workload Automation stores sensitive information in HTML comments that could aid in further attacks against the system.
CVSS Base score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/186286 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)	Version(s)
IBM Workload Automation	9.5.x

Remediation/Fixes

APAR IJ30010 has been opened to address CVE-2020-4673.
Apar IJ30010 has been included in IBM Workload Scheduler 9.5 FP03 and it is already available on FixCentral.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
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Change History

07 Jan 2021: 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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Security Bulletin: HTML comments with sensitive information could be present in IBM Workload Scheduler