Deserialization of untrusted data in IBM watsonx.data



Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2023-46674
CWE-ID CWE-502
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 watsonx.data
Web applications / JS libraries

Vendor IBM Corporation

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Deserialization of Untrusted Data

EUVDB-ID: #VU83893

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 6.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-46674

CWE-ID: CWE-502 - Deserialization of Untrusted Data

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to insecure input validation when processing serialized data in hadoop or spark configuration properties. A remote user can update configuration properties and execute arbitrary code on the target system.


Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

watsonx.data: 1.1.4

CPE2.3 External links

http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7167636


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated privileged user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

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



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