Security Bulletin: IBM Security Information Queue has overly permissive CORS policy (CVE-2020-4292)

Summary

The cross-origin resource sharing (CORS) policy in IBM Security Information Queue (ISIQ) is too permissive. It allows all origins to access the ISIQ Web Server resources when such cross-domain accesses are unnecessary for ISIQ functionality. As of v1.0.5, ISIQ no longer permits cross-origin resource sharing.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2020-4292
**DESCRIPTION:**IBM Security Information Queue (ISIQ) uses a cross-domain policy file that includes domains that should not be trusted which could disclose sensitive information.
CVSS Base score: 3.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/176335 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

Download and install the latest IBM Security Information Queue images (tagged at 1.0.5 or greater) from the Docker Hub repository. The instructions for accessing and deploying the images can be found on the ISIQ starter kit page: <https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/ibm-security-information-queue-starter-kit&gt;

Workarounds and Mitigations

None