CVE-2021-29872

MEDIUM
5.4
CVSS Score
Published: January 18, 2022 at 04:50 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:48 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorCloud Pak for Automation

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Severity
MEDIUM5.4
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.8%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Affected range stops below 21.0.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 21.0.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

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References (2)

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
LOW
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-116

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