Security Bulletin: IBM Watson Discovery Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data affected by vulnerability in Python Requests

Summary

IBM Watson Discovery Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data contains a vulnerable version of Python Requests.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2023-32681
**DESCRIPTION:**python-requests could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the leaking of Proxy-Authorization headers to destination servers during redirects to an HTTPS origin. By persuading a victim to click on a specially crafted URL, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information.
CVSS Base score: 6.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/256114 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

4.0.0-4.7.1

Remediation/Fixes

Upgrade to IBM Watson Discovery 4.7.3

<https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-install&gt;

Workarounds and Mitigations

None