CVE-2021-29872 MEDIUM

CVE-2021-29872

Vendor Ibm
Product Cloud Pak for Automation
Published January 18, 2022
Last update September 16, 2024

CVSS base score

5.4/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/C:L/AC:L/PR:L/I:L/UI:N/S:U/A:N/RC:C/E:U/RL:O

What the vulnerability does

01Description

IBM Cloud Pak for Automation 21.0.1 and 21.0.2 - Business Automation Studio Component is vulnerable to HTTP header injection, caused by improper validation of input by the HOST headers. By sending a specially crafted HTTP request, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to inject HTTP HOST header, which will allow the attacker to conduct various attacks against the vulnerable system, including cross-site scripting, cache poisoning or session hijacking. IBM X-Force ID: 206228.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

January 18, 2022 CVE published
September 16, 2024 Record updated