Security Bulletin: IBM Security SOAR is using a component with known vulnerabilities (CVE-2023-46589)

Summary

IBM Security SOAR uses an older version of ElasticSearch that may be identified and exploited. An update has been released which addresses these issues. It is recommended upgrading to Version 51.0.2.1 or later of IBM Security SOAR.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2024-23450
**DESCRIPTION:**Elastic Elasticsearch is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a flaw when processing a document in a deeply nested pipeline on an ingest node. By sending a specially crafted document, a remote authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause an uncontrolled resource consumption, and results in a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 4.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/286949 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

IBM encourages customers to update their systems promptly.

Users must upgrade to v51.0.2.1 or higher of IBM SOAR in order to obtain a fix for this vulnerability.

You can upgrade the platform and apply the security updates by following the instructions in the “Upgrade Procedure” section in the IBM Documentation

Workarounds and Mitigations

None