Security Bulletin: IBM Edge Application Manager 4.5 addresses the security vulnerability listed in the CVE below.

Summary

IBM Edge Application Manager 4.5 addresses the security vulnerability listed in the CVE below.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2021-42740
**DESCRIPTION:**Node.js shell-quote module could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the system, caused by a flaw with windows drive letter regex. By sending a specially-crafted shell metacharacters, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary commands on the system.
CVSS Base score: 9.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/211858 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

The fix/upgrade is a set of docker images, that will automatically be pulled and deployed from both dockerhub and the IBM Entitled Registry.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None