SB2025032824 - Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM watsonx Code Assistant On Prem
Published: March 28, 2025
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Command Injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-53899)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation when handling magic templates strings in activation scripts. A local user can pass specially crafted value via an environment variable to the affected script and execute arbitrary OS commands on the system.
2) OS Command Injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-9287)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation in the venv module when creating a virtual environment. A local user can pass specially crafted strings to the application and execute arbitrary OS commands on the target system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.