Security Bulletin: IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to cookie and authorization header exposure in Twisted (CVE-2022-21712).

Summary

IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to cookie and authorization header exposure in Twisted (CVE-2022-21712). Twisted is included in the Python code used in some of our service components. Please read the details for remediation below.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2022-21712
**DESCRIPTION:**Twisted could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a flaw when following cross-origin redirects. By sending a specially-crafted request using the “twited.web.RedirectAgent” and “twisted.web. BrowserLikeRedirectAgent” functions, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain cookies and authorization headers 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/219441 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

IBM recommends addressing the vulnerability now by upgrading.

Product(s)| Version(s)
| Remediation/Fix/Instructions
—|—|—
IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data| 4.5.1| The fix in 4.5.1 applies to all versions listed (4.0.0-4.5.0). Version 4.5.1 can be downloaded and installed from:
https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-data/4.5.x?topic=installing

Workarounds and Mitigations

None