Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in the Node.js jose module affects IBM Event Streams (CVE-2022-36083)

Summary

This security vulnerability affects the Node.js jose module that is used by IBM Event Streams.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2022-36083
**DESCRIPTION:**Node.js jose module is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by improper input validation. By sending a specially-crafted request using the p2c JOSE Header Parameter, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to consume unreasonable amount of CPU time, and results in a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/235579 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

10.0.0, 10.1.0, 10.2.0-eus, 10.2.1-eus, 10.3.0, 10.3.1, 10.4.0, 10.5.0, 11.0.0, 11.0.1, 11.0.2, 11.0.3

Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now by upgrading

Upgrade to IBM Event Streams 11.0.4 by following the upgrading and migrating documentation.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None