Security Bulletin: IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to query parameter smuggling in Golang Go (CVE-2022-2880)

Summary

IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to query parameter smuggling in Golang Go, due to the inclusion of unparseable parameters rejected by net/http in requests forwarded by ReverseProxy (CVE-2022-2880). The Golang Go component is included as part of the operators used by Watson Speech Services. Please read the details for remediation below.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2022-2880
**DESCRIPTION:**Golang Go could allow a remote attacker to conduct query parameter smuggling, caused by the inclusion of unparseable parameters rejected by net/http in requests forwarded by ReverseProxy. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to conduct query parameter smuggling.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/240561 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now by upgrading.

Product(s)|**Version(s)
**|Remediation/Fix/Instructions
—|—|—
IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data| 4.6.2|The fix in 4.6.2 applies to all versions listed (4.0.0-4.6.1). Version 4.6.2 can be downloaded and installed from:
<https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-data/4.6.x&gt;

Workarounds and Mitigations

None