Security Bulletin: IBM Watson Assistant for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable toSalesforce tough-cookie arbitrary code execution vulnerabilitiy [CVE-2023-26136]

Summary

Potential Salesforce tough-cookie arbitrary code execution vulnerabilitiy have been identified that may affect IBM Watson Assistant for IBM Cloud Pak for Data. The vulnerability have been addressed. Refer to details for additional information. [CVE-2023-26136]

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2023-26136
**DESCRIPTION:**Salesforce tough-cookie could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by a prototype pollution flaw due to improper handling of Cookies when using CookieJar in rejectPublicSuffixes=false mode. By adding or modifying properties of Object.prototype using a proto or constructor payload, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/259555 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

For all affected versions, IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now by upgrading to the latest (v4.7.4 or later releases) release of IBM Watson Assistant for IBM Cloud Pak for Data which maintains backward compatibility with the versions listed above.

Follow instructions for Installing Watson Assistant in Link to Release (v4.7.4 release information)

<https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-data/4.7.x&gt;

Workarounds and Mitigations

None