Security Bulletin: IBM Watson Assistant for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to Node.js glob-parent denial of service vulnerability( CVE-2021-35065)

Summary

Potential Node.js glob-parent denial of service vulnerability( CVE-2021-35065) has been identified that may affect IBM Watson Assistant for IBM Cloud Pak for Data. Refer to details for additional information.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2021-35065
**DESCRIPTION:**Node.js glob-parent module is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error in the enclosure regex. By sending a specially crafted string prepended with the letter “A”, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a regular expression denial of service.
CVSS Base score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/208298 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

For all affected versions, IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now by upgrading to the latest (v4.7.0 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 (v4.7.0 release information)

<https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-data/4.7.x&gt;

Workarounds and Mitigations

None