CVE-2021-29872

MEDIUM

IBM Cloud Pak for Automation 21.0.1-21.0.2 - HTTP Header Injection via HOST Header

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6541294
VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/206228

Scores

CVSS v3 5.4
EPSS 0.0005
EPSS Percentile 16.9%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-116
Status published
Products (3)
ibm/cloud_pak_for_automation 21.0.2 (7 CPE variants)
ibm/cloud_pak_for_automation 21.0.1 (7 CPE variants)
ibm/cloud_pak_for_automation < 21.0.2
Published Jan 18, 2022
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026