Security Bulletin: IBM Watson Discovery for IBM Cloud Pak for Data affected by vulnerability in Apache Commons Configuration (CVE-2022-33980)

Summary

IBM Watson Discovery for IBM Cloud Pak for Data contains a vulnerable version of Apache Commons Configuration.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2022-33980
**DESCRIPTION:**Apache Commons Configuration could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by a flaw when using the interpolation defaults. By using a specially-crafted configuratrion, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code or perform unintentional contact with remote servers .
CVSS Base score: 9.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/230563 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

Upgrade to IBM Watson Discovery 4.5.3

<https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-install&gt;

Workarounds and Mitigations

None