Security Bulletin: IBM App Connect Enterprise Certified Container operands may be vulnerable to loss of confidentiality due to CVE-2022-27776

Summary

cURL is used by IBM App Connect Enterprise Certified Container for internal communication and status checking. IBM App Connect Enterprise Certified Container operands may be vulnerable to loss of confidentiality. This bulletin provides patch information to address the reported vulnerability CVE-2022-27776 in cURL.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2022-27776
**DESCRIPTION:**cURL libcurl could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a flaw when asked to send custom headers or cookies in its HTTP requests. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain authentication or cookie header data information, and use this information to launch further attacks against the affected system.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/225296 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

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

Upgrade to App Connect Enterprise Certified Container Operator version 5.1.0 or higher, and ensure that all components are at 12.0.5.0-r2 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 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