Security Bulletin: A vulnerability in Python may affect IBM Robotic Process Automation and result in a remote attacker bypassing security restrictions (CVE-2023-24329).

Summary

There is a vulnerability in Python used by IBM Robotic Process Automation as part of Watson NLP and base container images which may result in a remote attacker to bypass security restriction (CVE-2023-24329).

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2023-24329
**DESCRIPTION:**Python could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by a flaw in the urllib.parse component. By sending a specially-crafted request using URL starts with blank characters, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass blocklisting methods.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/247730 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

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now.

IBM Robotic Process Automation for Cloud Pak

| 23.0.0 - 23.0.11| Update to 23.0.12 or higher using the following instructions.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None