SB2026041730 - Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Watson Discovery Cartridge

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SB2026041730 - Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Watson Discovery Cartridge

Published: April 17, 2026

Security Bulletin ID SB2026041730
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 5
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 5 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Cleartext storage of sensitive information (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-23444)

The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists within the new Certificate Signing Requests when elasticsearch-certutil CLI tool is used with the csr option in order to create a new request. The associated private key that is generated is stored on disk unencrypted even if the --pass parameter is passed in the command invocation. A local user with access to the system can obtain the key.


2) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-23450)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper management of internal resources within the application when processing a document in a deeply nested pipeline on an ingest node. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


3) Inclusion of Sensitive Information in Log Files (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-37727)

The vulnerability allows a remote user to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to software stores sensitive information into log files when auditing requests to the reindex API. A remote user can read the log files and gain access to sensitive data.


4) Improper authentication (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-37731)

The vulnerability allows a remote user to bypass authentication process.

The vulnerability exists due to an error in Elasticsearch PKI realm when handling client certificates. A remote user can use a specially crafted certificate to impersonate other application users. 


5) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-68390)

The vulnerability allows a remote user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources when restoring snapshot data. A remote user with snapshot restore privileges can trigger memory exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References