Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in Apache Kafka may affect IBM Business Automation Workflow - CVE-2023-25194

Summary

IBM Business Automation Workflow packages a copy Apache Kafka client library. A security vulnerability has been reported for the same version of Apache Kafka.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2023-25194
**DESCRIPTION:**Apache Kafka could allow a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an unsafe deserialization when configuring the connector via the Kafka Connect REST API. By sending specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service on the system.
CVSS Base score: 8.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/246698 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

V22.0.2 - V22.0.2.IF002
V22.0.1 all fixes
V21.0.3 - V21.0.3-IFIF018
V21.0.2 all fixes
V20.0.0.2 all fixes
V20.0.0.1 all fixes

| affected
IBM Business Automation Workflow traditional| V22.0.1 - V22.0.2
V21.0.1 - V21.0.3.1
V20.0.0.1 - V20.0.0.2
V19.0.0.1 - V19.0.0.3| affected
IBM Business Automation Workflow Enterprise Service Bus| V22.0.2| affected
(library is present, but not used)

For earlier and unsupported versions of the products, IBM recommends upgrading to a fixed, supported version of the product.

Remediation/Fixes

The recommended solution is to apply the Interim Fix (iFix) or Cumulative Fix (CF) containing APAR DT196140 as soon as practical.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None