CVE-2021-38944

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2022-05-18 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

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.

Affected products

IBM DataPower Gateway 11.0.0: from 10.0.1.0 through 10.0.1.5; from 10.0.2.0 through 10.0.3.0; from 2018.4.1.0 through 2018.4.1.18

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/211236
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6587070
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/211236
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6587070

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