Security Bulletin: Maximo Application Suite uses jsonwebtoken package which is vulnerable to CVE-2022-23541, CVE-2022-23539, CVE-2022-23529 and CVE-2022-23540

Summary

There are four vulnerabilities in jsonwebtoken-8.5.1.tgz used by IBM Maximo Application Suite.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2022-23541
**DESCRIPTION:**Auth0 jsonwebtoken could allow a remote authenticated attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by an insecure implementation of key retrieval function. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to forge Public/Private Tokens from RSA to HMAC.
CVSS Base score: 5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/242966 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

CVEID:CVE-2022-23539
**DESCRIPTION:**Auth0 jsonwebtoken could provide weaker than expected security, caused by an unrestricted key type issue. A remote authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to allow legacy keys usage and launch further attacks on the system.
CVSS Base score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/242968 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2022-23529
**DESCRIPTION:**Auth0 jsonwebtoken could allow a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by improper input validation by the jwt.verify function. By sending a specially-crafted request using the key retrieval parameter, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/242967 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2022-23540
**DESCRIPTION:**Auth0 jsonwebtoken could allow a remote authenticated attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by an insecure default algorithm flaw in the jwt.verify() function. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass signature validation.
CVSS Base score: 6.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/242969 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L)

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Remediation/Fixes

Workarounds and Mitigations

None