CVE-2021-38944 | BDVDB-2026-176404 Detail

IBMDataPower Gateway

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.

Impact#

Per CVSS v3.0: confidentiality impact low, integrity impact low, availability impact none. Attack vector: network.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12022-05-18Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-09-16Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.

Published

Published: 2022-05-18
Last modified: 2024-09-16

Vendor information

Vendor: IBM
Product: DataPower Gateway

All IBM vulnerabilities

Score

4.8 Medium

EPSS

less than 1%, Very Low

Estimated chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. EPSS percentile: 48.3.

KEV

Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

Impact

Not classified

Action

No specific action is recorded in the source data. Check the references for vendor guidance.

Affected Systems

Vulnerable
2018.4.1.0
Fixed
Not stated
Vulnerable
10.0.1.0
Fixed
Not stated
Vulnerable
10.0.2.0
Fixed
Not stated
Vulnerable
10.0.1.5
Fixed
Not stated
Vulnerable
10.0.3.0
Fixed
Not stated
Vulnerable
2018.4.1.18
Fixed
Not stated

Scoring System

CVSS v4.0

Not available

CVSS v3.1

Not available

CVSS v3.0

4.8 Medium

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

Metric breakdown
Attack Vector	Network
Confidentiality	Low
Availability	None
Integrity	Low
User Interaction	None
Privileges Required	None
Scope	Unchanged
Attack Complexity	High

CVSS v2

Not available

Source: CVE List v5 (record); CISA KEV (kev, action); FIRST EPSS (epss).