Security Bulletin: Information disclosure vulnerabilities affect IBM Business Automation Workflow - CVE-2024-28849, CVE-2024-21501

Summary

IBM Business Automation Workflow Web Process Designer is vulnerable to information disclosure attacks.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2024-28849
**DESCRIPTION:**Node.js follow-redirects module could allow a remote authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the leakage of credentials when clearing authorization header during cross-domain redirect, but keeping the proxy-authentication header. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain credentials and other sensitive information.
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/285690 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2024-21501
**DESCRIPTION:**Node.js sanitize-html module could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an error when used on the backend and with the style attribute allowed. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to enumerate files in the system and gather details about the file system structure and dependencies of the targeted server.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/284776 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

For earlier and unsupported versions of the products, IBM recommends upgrading to a fixed, supported version of the product.

Remediation/Fixes

The recommended solution is to apply the Interim Fix (iFix) or Cumulative Fix (CF) containing APAR DT378453 as soon as practical.

V23.0.1
V22.0.1 - V22.0.2
V21.0.1 - V21.0.3.0
V20.0.0.1 - V20.0.0.2
V19.0.0.1 - V19.0.0.3
V18.0.0.1 - V18.0.0.3

| Upgrade to a long term support release or the latest SSCD version. See IBM Business Automation Workflow and IBM Integration Designer Software Support Lifecycle Addendum

Workarounds and Mitigations

None