Security Bulletin: IBM Event Processing is vulnerable to conduct phishing attacks, caused by an open redirect vulnerability (CVE-2023-26159).

Summary

There is a vulnerability in follow-redirects used by IBM Event Processing which is categorized as an Improper Input Validation vulnerability due to the improper handling of URLs by the url.parse() function. This vulnerability can be exploited by manipulating the hostname when new URL() throws an error, leading to a misinterpretation and potential redirection of traffic to a malicious site.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2023-26159
**DESCRIPTION:**follow-redirects could allow a remote attacker to conduct phishing attacks, caused by an open redirect vulnerability. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a specially crafted URL to redirect a victim to arbitrary Web sites.
CVSS Base score: 6.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/278622 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now by upgrading

Upgrade to IBM Event Processing 1.1.5 by following the upgrading and migrating documentation.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None