Security Bulletin: IBM Decision Optimization for Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to a Denial of Service (CVE-2024-41818)

Summary

There is a vulnerability in fast-xml-parser used by IBM Decision Optimization for IBM Cloud Pak for Data. IBM Decision Optimization for IBM Cloud Pak for Data has addressed the applicable CVE.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2024-41818
**DESCRIPTION:**Natural Intelligence fast-xml-parser is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) flaw in the currency.js script. By sending a specially crafted regex input, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/350233 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

Users are strongly encouraged to upgrade to IBM Decision Optimization for IBM Cloud Pak for Data 4.8.6or** 5.0.3** and subsequent releases.
Here is the detailed information on Upgrading IBM Cloud Pak for Data

Workarounds and Mitigations

None