Security Bulletin: IBM Watson Assistant for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to Express.js Express denial of service (CVE-2022-24999)

Summary

Potential denial of service vulnerability in express-(CVE-2022-24999) has been identified that may affect IBM Watson Assistant for IBM Cloud Pak for Data. Refer to details for additional information.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2022-24999
**DESCRIPTION:**Express.js Express is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a prototype pollution flaw in qs. By adding or modifying properties of Object.prototype using a proto or constructor payload, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 5.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/240815 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

1.5.0, 4.0.0, 4.0.2, 4.0.4, 4.0.5, 4.0.6, 4.0.7, 4.0.8, 4.5.1, 4.5.3, 4.6

Remediation/Fixes

For all affected versions, IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now by upgrading to the latest (v4.6.2) release of IBM Watson Assistant for IBM Cloud Pak for Data which maintains backward compatibility with the versions listed above.

Follow instructions for Installing Watson Assistant in Link to Release (v4.6.2 release information)

https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-data/4.6.x

Workarounds and Mitigations

None