Security Bulletin: IBM Cloud Pak for Security (CP4S) is vulnerable to information disclosure (CVE-2021-39090)

Summary

IBM Cloud Pak for Security (CP4S) could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the failure to properly enable HTTP Strict Transport Security. This has been updated in the latest release and the vulnerability has been addressed. Please follow the instructions in the Remediation/Fixes section below to update to the latest version of Cloud Pak for Security (CP4S).

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2021-39090
**DESCRIPTION:**IBM Cloud Pak for Security (CP4S) could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the failure to properly enable HTTP Strict Transport Security. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information using man in the middle techniques.
CVSS Base score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/216388 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

IBM encourages customers to update their systems promptly.

Please upgrade to at least CP4S 1.10.7.0 following these instructions: <https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-security/1.10?topic=installing-upgrading-cloud-pak-security&gt;

Workarounds and Mitigations

None