Security Bulletin: IBM Watson Assistant for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to unspecified vulnerability in Java SE ( CVE-2024-20932)

Summary

Potential unspecified vulnerability in Java SE related to the Security component (CVE-2024-20932) has been identified that may affect IBM Watson Assistant for IBM Cloud Pak for Data. The vulnerability has been addressed. Refer to details for additional information.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2024-20932
**DESCRIPTION:**An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE related to the Security component could allow a remote attacker to cause high integrity impact.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/279715 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

For all affected versions, IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now by upgrading to the latest (v4.8.5 or later releases) release of IBM Watson Assistant for IBM Cloud Pak for Data which maintains backward compatibility with the versions listed above.

Follow instructions for Installing Watson Assistant in Link to Release (v4.8.5 release information)

<https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-data/4.8.x&gt;

Workarounds and Mitigations

None