SB2025070140 - Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Cloud Pak System



SB2025070140 - Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Cloud Pak System

Published: July 1, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2025070140
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 4
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

High 25% Medium 75%
  • Low
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 4 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-39573)

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform SSRF attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in mod_rewrite proxy handler substitution. A remote attacker can cause unsafe RewriteRules to unexpectedly setup URL's to be handled by mod_proxy.


2) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-38473)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass authentication.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input when handling incorrect encoding in mod_proxy. A remote attacker can force the web server to pass request URLs with incorrect encoding to backend services.


3) HTTP response splitting (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-38709)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform HTTP splitting attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to software does not correctly process CRLF character sequences. A malicious or exploitable backend/content generators can send specially crafted response containing CRLF sequence and make the application to send a split HTTP response.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker perform cache poisoning attack.


4) Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-38476)

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform SSRF attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker with control over the backend server can run local handlers via internal redirect and gain access to sensitive information or compromise the affected system.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.