Security Bulletin: IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to cross-site scripting due to Jinja2 ( CVE-2024-34064 )

Summary

Jinga2 is used by IBM Cloud Pak for Data as part of the installation operator. CVE-2024-34064.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2024-34064
**DESCRIPTION:**Jinja is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by the acceptance of keys containing non-attribute characters by the xmlattr filter. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to inject other attributes into a Web page which would be executed in a victims Web browser within the security context of the hosting Web site, once the page is viewed. An attacker could use this vulnerability to steal the victim’s cookie-based authentication credentials.
CVSS Base score: 5.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/290008 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/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