Security Bulletin: A security vulnerability in Node.js node-forge affects IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management Managed Services

Summary

A security vulnerability in Node.js node-forge affects IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management Managed Services.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2022-24771
**DESCRIPTION:**Node.js node-forge module could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by improper signature verification when checking the digestAlgorithm structure. By using a specially-crafted structure to steal padding bytes and uses unchecked portion of the PKCS#1 encoded message, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to forge a signature when a low public exponent is being used.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/222172 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

Upgrade to IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management 2.3 Fix Pack 5 by following the instructions at <https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-management/2.3.x?topic=upgrade-upgrading-fix-pack-5&gt;

Workarounds and Mitigations

None