Security Bulletin: Automation Assets in IBM Cloud Pak for Integration is vulnerable to webpack loader-utils vulnerability [CVE-2022-37601]

Summary

Automation Assets in IBM Cloud Pak for Integration is vulnerable to webpack loader-utils vulnerability with details below. [CVE-2022-37601] This vulnerability has been addressed.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2022-37601
**DESCRIPTION:**webpack loader-utils could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by a prototype pollution flaw in the parseQuery function in parseQuery.js. By adding or modifying properties of Object.prototype using a proto or constructor payload, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service condition on the system.
CVSS Base score: 9.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/238763 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

IBM strongly suggests the following remediation / fix:

Automation Assets version 2020.4.1, 2021.1, 2021.2,** 2021.4, or 2022.2 in IBM Cloud Pak for Integration**

Upgrade Automation Assets Operator to 2022.2.1-4 using the Operator upgrade process described in the IBM Documentation

<https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-integration/2022.2?topic=capabilities-upgrading-automation-assets&gt;

Workarounds and Mitigations

None