IBM Watson Machine Learning on Cloud Pak for Data update for PyTorch

1) Code Injection

EUVDB-ID: #VU85872

Risk: High

CVSSv4.0: 8.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-45907

CWE-ID: CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation within the torch.jit.annotations.parse_type_line() function. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Watson Machine Learning on CP4D: before 4.8

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:ibm_corporation:ibm_watson_machine_learning_on_cp4d:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7096367

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.