SB2025092546 - Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM watsonx Assistant Cartridge and IBM watsonx Orchestrate with watsonx Assistant Cartridge
Published: September 25, 2025
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 5 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-31651)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass rewrite rules.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted input to the application and bypass configured rewrite rules.
2) Improper Protection of Alternate Path (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-49125)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass implemented security restrictions.
The vulnerability exists due to improper access restrictions when using PreResources or PostResources mounted other than at the root of the web application. A remote attacker can bypass configured security rules using a alternate path and gain unauthorized access to the application.
3) Improper handling of case sensitivity (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-46701)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions.
The vulnerability exists due to an error when handling URLs on a case insensitive filesystem with security constraints configured for the <code>pathInfo</code> component of a URL that mapped to the CGI servlet. A remote attacker can bypass imposed security constraints via a specially crafted URL.
4) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-48988)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources when handling multipart requests. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
5) Improper error handling (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-31650)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient error handling for certain invalid HTTP priority headers. A remote attacker can send a large amount of specially crafted HTTP requests to the server and consume all available memory, resulting in a denial of service condition.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.