IDM/OpenIDM Security Advisory #201705
Security vulnerabilities have been discovered in IDM/OpenIDM components. These issues may be present in IDM 5.0 and OpenIDM 2.1.x, 3.x, 4.x. The OpenIDM Community Edition 2.1.2 is also affected.
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December 5, 2017
Security vulnerabilities have been discovered in IDM/OpenIDM components. These issues may be present in IDM 5.0 and OpenIDM 2.1.x, 3.x, 4.x. The OpenIDM Community Edition 2.1.2 is also affected.
This advisory provides guidance on how to ensure your deployments can be secured. Workarounds or patches are available for all of the issues.
The maximum severity of issues in this advisory is Critical. Deployers should take steps as outlined in this advisory and apply the relevant update(s) at the earliest opportunity.
The recommendation is to deploy the relevant patches. Patch bundles are available for the following versions (in accordance with ForgeRock’s ForgeRock Maintenance Release Policy):
- 3.0.0
- 3.1.0
- 4.0.0
- 4.5.0
- 4.5.1
- 5.0.0
Customers can obtain these patch bundles from BackStage.
Issue #201705-01
| Product | IDM, OpenIDM |
|---|---|
| Affected versions | IDM 5.0, OpenIDM 2.1.0, 2.1.1, 2.1.2, Community Edition 2.1.2, 3.0.0, 3.1.0, 4.0.0, 4.5.0, 4.5.1 |
| Fixed versions | IDM 5.5 |
| Component | Workflow |
| Severity | Critical |
Description:
Workflow task submission allows arbitrary content with no scoping protection.
Workaround:
Disable the Activiti Workflow service.
Resolution:
Deploy the relevant patch bundle.
See Also
Change Log
The following table tracks changes to the security advisory:
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| February 24, 2021 | Added ForgeRock Identity Platform taxon to improve categorization |