IBM Security Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager up to 4.1.1 URL Request path traversal

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A vulnerability has been found in IBM Security Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager 3.0/3.0.1/4.0/4.1/4.1.1 and classified as problematic. This impacts an unknown function of the component URL Request Handler. Performing a manipulation results in path traversal. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2023-25689. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability was found in IBM Security Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager 3.0/3.0.1/4.0/4.1/4.1.1 (Policy Management Software). It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the component URL Request Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-25. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that should be within a restricted directory, but it does not properly neutralize "/../" sequences that can resolve to a location that is outside of that directory. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

IBM Security Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager 3.0, 3.0.1, 4.0, 4.1 , and 4.1.1 could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system. An attacker could send a specially crafted URL request containing "dot dot" sequences (/../) to view arbitrary files on the system. IBM X-Force ID: 247618.

The weakness was published 03/21/2023. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2023-25689 since 02/11/2023. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 04/12/2023). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1006 for this issue.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (247618). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Type

• Policy Management Software

Vendor

• IBM

Name

• Security Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager

Version

• 3.0
• 3.0.1
• 4.0
• 4.1
• 4.1.1

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• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.ibm.com/

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