Security Bulletin: There is a vulnerability in kafka-clients-2.8.2.jar used by IBM Maximo Manage application in IBM Maximo Application Suite (CVE-2023-25194)

Summary

There is a vulnerability in kafka-clients-2.8.2.jar used by IBM Maximo Manage application in IBM Maximo Application Suite.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2023-25194
**DESCRIPTION:**Apache Kafka could allow a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an unsafe deserialization when configuring the connector via the Kafka Connect REST API. By sending specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service on the system.
CVSS Base score: 8.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/246698 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

MAS 8.10.0 - Manage 8.6.0

IBM Maximo Application Suite - Manage Component|

MAS 8.11.0 - Manage 8.7.0

Remediation/Fixes

For IBM Maximo Manage application in IBM Maximo Application Suite:

Upgrade to Manage 8.6.9 or latest (available from the Catalog under Update Available)

Upgrade to MAS 8.11.6|

Upgrade to Manage 8.7.4 or latest (available from the Catalog under Update Available)

Workarounds and Mitigations

None