Security Bulletin: IBM Robotic Process Automation is vulnerable to privilege escalation (CVE-2022-30616)

2022-07-2915:57:14

www.ibm.com

ibm robotic process automation

privilege escalation

vulnerability

update

cloud pak

service

CVSS3

7.2

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

HIGH

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

39.9%

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Summary

Security Bulletin: IBM Robotic Process Automation is vulnerable to privilege escalation (CVE-2022-30616)

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2022-30616
**DESCRIPTION:**IBM Robotic Process Automation could allow a privileged user to elevate their privilege to platform administrator through manipulation of APIs.
CVSS Base score: 8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/227978 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)	Version(s)
IBM Robotic Process Automation for Cloud Pak	< 21.0.3
IBM Robotic Process Automation as a Service	< 21.0.3
IBM Robotic Process Automation	< 21.0.3

Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now.

Product(s)	Version(s)	Remediation/Fix/Instructions
IBM Robotic Process Automation	< 21.0.3	Update to 21.0.3 or higher
IBM Robotic Process Automation for Cloud Pak	< 21.0.3	Update to 21.0.3 or higher
IBM Robotic Process Automation as a Service	< 21.0.3	No action required as IBM Robotic Process Automation as a Service servers have been updated to 21.0.3 or higher.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

Affected configurations

Vulners

Node

ibmrobotic_process_automationMatch21.0.0

ibmrobotic_process_automationMatch21.0.1

ibmrobotic_process_automationMatch21.0.2

VendorProductVersionCPE
ibmrobotic_process_automation21.0.0cpe:2.3:a:ibm:robotic_process_automation:21.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibmrobotic_process_automation21.0.1cpe:2.3:a:ibm:robotic_process_automation:21.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibmrobotic_process_automation21.0.2cpe:2.3:a:ibm:robotic_process_automation:21.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE
ibm	robotic_process_automation	21.0.0	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:robotic_process_automation:21.0.0:::::::*
ibm	robotic_process_automation	21.0.1	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:robotic_process_automation:21.0.1:::::::*
ibm	robotic_process_automation	21.0.2	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:robotic_process_automation:21.0.2:::::::*