Security Bulletin: NPM GitHub EventSource improper removal of sensitive information (CVE-2022-1650)

Summary

NPM GitHub EventSource is used by the Dashboard within IBM Storage Ceph. IBM Ceph Storage is vulnerable to Improper Removal of Sensitive Information Before Storage or Transfer in GitHub repository eventsource/eventsource. CVE-2022-1650

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2022-1650
**DESCRIPTION:**EventSource could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the exposure of resources to the wrong sphere. By redirecting the victim to a malicious site, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain Cookies and Authorisation headers, and use this information to launch further attacks against the affected system.
CVSS Base score: 8.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/226482 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now.
Download the latest version of Ceph and upgrade to 6.1 by following instructions.

<https://public.dhe.ibm.com/ibmdl/export/pub/storage/ceph/&gt;
<https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/storage-ceph/6?topic=upgrading&gt;

Workarounds and Mitigations

None