Security Bulletin: IBM DataPower Monitor is potentially vulnerable to an authentication bypass (CVE-2020-8172)

Summary

IBM has addressed the relevant CVE (CVE-2020-8172)

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2020-8172
**DESCRIPTION:**Node.js could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions. The ‘session’ event could be emitted before the ‘secureConnect’ event and possibly allow for the reuse of the TLS session. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass host certificate verification and gain access to the system.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/182814 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

Workarounds and Mitigations

The only component potentially affected by this CVE is the DataPower Monitor Pod, which is only present in the Container version of IBM DataPower Gateway. Other editions are not affected.