Security Bulletin: IBM QRadar Suite software is vulnerable to information exposure and man in the middle attacks (CVE-2023-47742, CVE-2024-22355)

Summary

IBM QRadar Suite software is vulnerable to information exposure through password practices & man in the middle attacks, due to certificate validation issues. This has been updated in the latest release and vulnerabilities have been addressed. Please follow the instructions in the Remediation/Fixes section below to update to the latest version.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2023-47742
**DESCRIPTION:**IBM QRadar Suite Products could disclose sensitive information using man in the middle techniques due to not correctly enforcing all aspects of certificate validation in some circumstances.
CVSS Base score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/272533 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2024-22355
**DESCRIPTION:**IBM CloudPak Bedrock does not require that users should have strong passwords by default, which makes it easier for attackers to compromise user accounts.
CVSS Base score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/280781 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

1.10.12.0 - 1.10.18.0

Remediation/Fixes

IBM encourages customers to update their systems promptly.

Please upgrade to at least version 1.10.19.0 following these instructions: <https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-security/1.10?topic=installing-upgrading-cloud-pak-security&gt;.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None