SB2022121105 - Prototype pollution in IBM Cloud Transformation Advisor
Published: December 11, 2022
Security Bulletin ID
SB2022121105
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Prototype pollution (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-16487)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation within the merge, mergeWith, and defaultsDeep functions. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request and add or modify properties of Object.prototype.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of the affected application.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.