Security Bulletin: IBM App Connect Enterprise Certified Container Dashboards may be vulnerable to denial of service due to CVE-2022-25887

Summary

Node.js module sanitize-html is used internally by IBM App Connect Enterprise Certified Container for parsing error messages. IBM App Connect Enterprise Certified Container Dashboards may be vulnerable to denial of service when processing error messages. This bulletin provides patch information to address the reported vulnerability CVE-2022-25887 in Node.js module sanitize-html.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2022-25887
**DESCRIPTION:**Node.js sanitize-html module is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by insecure global regular expression replacement logic of HTML comment removal. By sending a specially-crafted request, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS).
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/234863 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

App Connect Enterprise Certified Container 4.1, 4.2, 5.0 and 5.1 (Continuous Delivery)

Upgrade to App Connect Enterprise Certified Container Operator version 5.2.0 or higher, and ensure that all Dashboard components are at 12.0.5.0-r3 or higher. Documentation on the upgrade process is available at <https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/app-connect/containers_cd?topic=releases-upgrading-operator&gt;

App Connect Enterprise Certified Container 5.0 LTS (Long Term Support)

Upgrade to App Connect Enterprise Certified Container Operator version 5.0.1 or higher, and ensure that all Dashboard components are at 12.0.6.0-r1-lts or higher. Documentation on the upgrade process is available at <https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/app-connect-contlts?topic=releases-upgrading-operator&gt;

Workarounds and Mitigations

None