Security Bulletin: Due to use of Apple macOS Monterey and macOS Big Sur, IBM Cloud PAK for Watson AI Ops is vulnerable to attacks gaining elevated priviledges (CVE-2022-26691)

Summary

A logic issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in Security Update 2022-003 Catalina, macOS Monterey 12.3, macOS Big Sur 11.6.5. An application may be able to gain elevated privileges.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2022-26691
**DESCRIPTION:**Apple macOS Monterey and macOS Big Sur could allow a local authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by a logic issue in the CUPS component. By using a specially-crafted application, an authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain elevated privileges.
CVSS Base score: 7.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/227437 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

Address the vulnerabilities now for all affected products/versions listed above by installing Fix:
<https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cloud-pak-watson-aiops/3.4.2?topic=upgrading&gt;

Workarounds and Mitigations

None