Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in Maven affect IBM watsonx.data

Summary

Apache Maven could allow a remote attacker to either bypass security restrictions or to execute arbitrary commands on the system. These can affect IBM watsonx.data.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2021-26291
**DESCRIPTION:**Apache Maven could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by the use of http (non-SSL) repository references by default. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to take over the repository or to insert themselves into a position to pretend to be that repository.
CVSS Base score: 9.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/200608 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2022-29599
**DESCRIPTION:**maven-shared-utils could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the system, caused by the emission of double-quoted strings without proper escaping by the Commandline class. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary commands on the system.
CVSS Base score: 9.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/225489 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

The product needs to be installed or upgraded to the latest available level watsonx.data 2.0.2 or watsonx.data on CPD 5.0.2. Installation/upgrade instructions can be found here: <https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/watsonx/watsonxdata/2.0.x?topic=deployment-installing&gt;.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None