Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in the Node.js follow-redirects component affects IBM Event Streams (CVE-2022-0536)

Summary

This security vulnerability affects the follow-redirects component that is used by IBM Event Streams.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2022-0536
**DESCRIPTION:**Node.js follow-redirects module could allow a remote authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a leakage of the Authorization header from the same hostname during HTTPS to HTTP redirection. By utilize man-in-the-middle attack techniques, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain Authorization header information, and use this information to launch further attacks against the affected system.
CVSS Base score: 2.6
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/219551 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now by upgrading

Upgrade to IBM Event Streams 11.0.2 by following the upgrading and migrating documentation.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None