Security Bulletin: IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to arbitrary code execution with IBM WebSphere Application Server (CVE-2021-23450).

Summary

IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to arbitrary code execution with IBM WebSphere Application Server (CVE-2021-23450). This is used as part of the base image included in our service components. Please read the details for remediation below.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2021-23450
**DESCRIPTION:**Dojo could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by a prototype pollution in the setObject function. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 9.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/216463 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

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| 4.0.7| **The fix in 4.0.7 applies to all versions listed (4.0.0-4.0.6). Version 4.0.7 can be downloaded and installed from:
<https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-data/4.0?topic=installing-cloud-pak-data&gt;
**

Workarounds and Mitigations

None