SB2025031217 - Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM watsonx Assistant Cartridge and IBM watsonx Orchestrate with watsonx Assistant Cartridge - Assistant Builder Component

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SB2025031217 - Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM watsonx Assistant Cartridge and IBM watsonx Orchestrate with watsonx Assistant Cartridge - Assistant Builder Component

Published: March 12, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2025031217
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 3
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 33% Low 67%
  • Low
  • Medium
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  • Critical

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 3 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-36137)

The vulnerability allows a remote user to escalate privileges within the application.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly impose security restrictions in the experimental permission model when the --allow-fs-write flag is used. A remote user can change file ownership and permissions via fs.fchown and fs.fchmod.


2) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-22018)

The vulnerability allows a remote user to bypass permissions model.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly impose security restrictions when experimental permission model when the --allow-fs-read flag is used. A remote user can retrieve stats from files that they do not have explicit read access to.


3) Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-22020)

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote user to perform SSRF attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input when handling non-network imports in data URLs. A remote user can bypass network import restrictions and execute arbitrary code.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References