Insufficient session expiration in IBM Watson Query (Data Virtualization) on Cloud Pak for Data

1) Insufficient Session Expiration

EUVDB-ID: #VU101083

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 1.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-35160

CWE-ID: CWE-613 - Insufficient Session Expiration

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient session expiration issue. A remote non-authenticated attacker can obtain or guess session token and gain unauthorized access to session that belongs to another user.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Watson Query with Cloud Pak for Data as a Service: 1.8 - 2.2

Db2 Big SQL: before 7.7.0

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:ibm_corporation:watson_query_with_cloud_pak_for_data_as_a_service:1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:ibm_corporation:watson_query_with_cloud_pak_for_data_as_a_service:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:ibm_corporation:watson_query_with_cloud_pak_for_data_as_a_service:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:ibm_corporation:db2_big_sql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7168703

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

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

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

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