Security Bulletin: IBM WebSphere Automation is vulnerable to a Privilege Escalation vulnerability (CVE-2024-28764)

Summary

IBM WebSphere Automation is vulnerable to a Privilege Escalation vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2024-28764
**DESCRIPTION:**IBM WebSphere Automation could allow an attacker with privileged access to the network to conduct a CSV injection. An attacker could execute arbitrary commands on the system, caused by improper validation of csv file contents.
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/285623 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now by upgrading to 1.7.1 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&gt; to update the WebSphere Automation operator installation.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None