Security Bulletin: Platform Navigator and Automation Assets in IBM Cloud Pak for Integration are vulnerable to multiple vulnerabilities in jsonwebtoken

Summary

Platform Navigator and Automation Assets in IBM Cloud Pak for Integration are vulnerable to multiple vulnerabilities in jsonwebtoken with details below.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2022-23540
**DESCRIPTION:**Auth0 jsonwebtoken could allow a remote authenticated attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by an insecure default algorithm flaw in the jwt.verify() function. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass signature validation.
CVSS Base score: 6.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/242969 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L)

CVEID:CVE-2022-23539
**DESCRIPTION:**Auth0 jsonwebtoken could provide weaker than expected security, caused by an unrestricted key type issue. A remote authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to allow legacy keys usage and launch further attacks on the system.
CVSS Base score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/242968 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2022-23541
**DESCRIPTION:**Auth0 jsonwebtoken could allow a remote authenticated attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by an insecure implementation of key retrieval function. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to forge Public/Private Tokens from RSA to HMAC.
CVSS Base score: 5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/242966 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

Platform Navigator in IBM Cloud Pak for Integration

Upgrade Platform Navigator to either the LTS or CD version:

LTS: 2022.2.1-6 using the Operator upgrade process described in the IBM Documentation

<https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-integration/2022.2?topic=upgrading-platform-ui&gt;

CD: 2022.4.1-1 using the Operator upgrade process described in the IBM Documentation
<https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-integration/2022.4?topic=upgrading-platform-ui&gt;

Automation Assets version****in IBM Cloud Pak for Integration

Upgrade Automation Assets Operator to 2022.2.1-5 using the Operator upgrade process described in the IBM Documentation

<https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-integration/2022.2?topic=capabilities-upgrading-automation-assets&gt;

Workarounds and Mitigations

None