Security Bulletin: IBM Event Streams is affected by a vulnerability in Node.js ChromeDriver module (CVE-2023-26156)

Summary

This security vulnerability affects a required node.js module within IBM Event Streams UI component.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2023-26156
**DESCRIPTION:**Node.js ChromeDriver module could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the system, caused by a command injection when setting the chromedriver.path to an arbitrary system binary. By sending a specially crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary commands on the system.
CVSS Base score: 5.6
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/271082 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now by upgrading

IBM Event Streams (Continuous Delivery)

• Upgrade to IBM Event Streams 11.2.5 by following the upgrading and migrating documentation.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None