Medium severity · published May 18, 2022
CVE-2021-38944
IBM DataPower Gateway 10.0.2.0 through 1.0.3.0, 10.0.1.0 through 10.0.1.5, and 2018.4.1.0 through 2018.4.1.18 is vulnerable to HTTP header injection, caused by improper validation…
6.1
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
IBM DataPower Gateway 10.0.2.0 through 1.0.3.0, 10.0.1.0 through 10.0.1.5, and 2018.4.1.0 through 2018.4.1.18 is vulnerable to HTTP header injection, caused by improper validation of input by the HOST headers. This could allow an attacker to conduct various attacks against the vulnerable system, including cross-site scripting, cache poisoning or session hijacking. IBM X-Force ID: 211236.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 48% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DG
Datapower Gateway · Ibm
10.0.1.0 through 10.0.1.5; 10.0.2.0 through 10.0.3.0; 2018.4.1.0 through 2018.4.1.18 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-38944
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-38944
VDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/211236
Patch
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6587070
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