Security Bulletin: IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to bypass SAML authentication due to passport-saml ( CVE-2022-39299 )

Summary

Passport-saml is used by IBM Cloud Pak for Data for SAML authentication. CVE-2022-39299.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2022-39299
**DESCRIPTION:**Node.js passport-saml module could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by improper verification of cryptographic signature. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to SAML authentication on a website.
CVSS Base score: 7.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/238581 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)|**Version(s)
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IBM Cloud Pak for Data| 4.0.0-4.8.4

Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now.

Product(s)

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Version(s) number and/or range

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Remediation/Fix/Instructions

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IBM Cloud Pak for Data

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4.0.0-4.8.4

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Download 4.8.5 and follow instructions

Workarounds and Mitigations

None