Security Bulletin: IBM Storage Ceph is vulnerable to Prototype Pollution in Grafana (CVE-2021-43138)

Summary

Async is used by IBM Storage Ceph in Grafana as a metrics dashboard. This bulletin identifies the steps to take to address the vulnerability in Grafana. CVE-2021-43138.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2021-43138
**DESCRIPTION:**Async could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by prototype pollution in the mapValues() method. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted file, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 7.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/223605 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

<7.1

IBM Storage Ceph| 6.1z1 - z6, 6.0
IBM Storage Ceph| 5.3z1 - z6

Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now.
Download the latest version of IBM Storage Ceph and upgrade to 7.1 by following instructions.

<https://public.dhe.ibm.com/ibmdl/export/pub/storage/ceph/&gt;
<https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/storage-ceph/7?topic=upgrading&gt;

Workarounds and Mitigations

None