Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in Apache Log4j affects WebSphere Application Server (CVE-2021-44228) shipped with IBM Workload Scheduler

Summary

IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) is shipped as a component of IBM Workload Scheduler, which results in IBM Workload Scheduled being impacted by this vulnerability. Information about security vulnerabilities affecting WAS have been published in security bulletins, and IBM recommends that these remediations are applied to all instances of IBM Workload Scheduler.

Vulnerability Details

Refer to the security bulletin(s) listed in the Remediation/Fixes section

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Workload Scheduler 9.4

IBM Workload Scheduler 9.3

Remediation/Fixes

Refer to the following security bulletins for vulnerability details and information about fixes addressed by IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) which is shipped with IBM Workload Scheduler. IBM recommends that these remediations are applied to all instances of IBM Workload Scheduler.

<https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/security-bulletin-vulnerability-apache-log4j-affects-websphere-application-server-cve-2021-44228&gt;

<https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6525860&gt;

Refer to the following security bulletin for vulnerability details and information about fixes addressed by IBM Jazz for Service Management for the system where Dynamic Workload Console for IBM Workload Scheduler is installed.

<https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6527246&gt;

Note that IBM Workload Scheduler 9.5 is not vulnerable to CVE-2021-44228 since it is not using log4j v2, IBM Jazz for Service Management and using Liberty.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None