Security Bulletin: IBM Watson Assistant for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to Apache ZooKeeper security bypass vulnerabilitiy. (CVE-2023-44981)

Summary

Potential Apache ZooKeeper security bypass vulnerabilitiy (CVE-2023-44981) has been identified that affects IBM Watson Assistant for IBM Cloud Pak for Data. The vulnerability has been addressed. Refer to details for additional information.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2023-44981
**DESCRIPTION:**Apache ZooKeeper could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by a flaw when SASL Quorum Peer authentication is enabled. By sending a specially crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass authorization and allow arbitrary endpoints to join the cluster and begin propagating counterfeit changes.
CVSS Base score: 8.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/268362 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

For all affected versions, IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now by upgrading to the latest (v4.8.5 or later releases) release of IBM Watson Assistant for IBM Cloud Pak for Data which maintains backward compatibility with the versions listed above.

Follow instructions for Installing Watson Assistant in Link to Release (v4.8.5 release information)

<https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-data/4.8.x&gt;

Workarounds and Mitigations

None