IBM Security Guardium Data Encryption 1.10.3 Template injection

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A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in IBM Security Guardium Data Encryption 1.10.3. This affects an unknown part of the component Template Handler. The manipulation leads to injection. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2023-26270. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in IBM Security Guardium Data Encryption 1.10.3 (Policy Management Software) and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component Template Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-74. The product constructs all or part of a command, data structure, or record using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify how it is parsed or interpreted when it is sent to a downstream component. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

IBM Security Guardium Data Encryption (IBM Guardium Cloud Key Manager (GCKM) 1.10.3)) could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an angular template injection flaw. By sending specially crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system. IBM X-Force ID: 248119.

The weakness was presented 08/28/2023. It is possible to read the advisory at ibm.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2023-26270 since 02/21/2023. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/20/2023). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1055 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (248119). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Type

• Policy Management Software

Vendor

• IBM

Name

• Security Guardium Data Encryption

Version

• 1.10.3

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.ibm.com/

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