Security Bulletin: IBM Security SOAR is using a component with known vulnerabilities (CVE-2022-0391)

Summary

IBM Security SOAR uses an older version of Python (3.6) that may be identified and exploited. An update has been released which addresses these issues. The version of Python included in the latest version of IBM ® Security Soar is 3.8.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2022-0391
**DESCRIPTION:**Python could provide weaker than expected security, cause by a improper input validation by the urllib.parse module. By sending a specially-crafted request using \r and \n characters in the URL path. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to perform injection attack or launch further attacks on the system.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/219613 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

IBM encourages customers to promptly update their systems.

Users must upgrade to v45.0 or higher of IBM SOAR in order to obtain a fix for this vulnerability.

You can upgrade the platform and apply the security updates by following the instructions in the “Upgrade Procedure” section in the IBM Documentation

Workarounds and Mitigations

None