SB2022121523 - Improper input validation in IBM API Connect



SB2022121523 - Improper input validation in IBM API Connect

Published: December 15, 2022 Updated: January 20, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2022121523
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Improper input validation (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-34169)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to compromise the affected system.

The vulnerability exists due to an integer truncation issue when processing malicious XSLT stylesheets. A remote non-authenticated attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application to corrupt Java class files generated by the internal XSLTC compiler and execute arbitrary Java bytecode.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.