CVE-2022-34350: IBM API Connect security bypass

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 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: 2023-02-08 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

IBM API Connect 10.0.0.0 through 10.0.5.0, 10.0.1.0 through 10.0.1.7, and 2018.4.1.0 through 2018.4.1.20 is vulnerable to External Service Interaction attack, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to induce the application to perform server-side DNS lookups or HTTP requests to arbitrary domain names. By submitting suitable payloads, an attacker can cause the application server to attack other systems that it can interact with. IBM X-Force ID: 230264.

Affected products

IBM API Connect: from 10.0.0.0 through 10.0.5.0; from 10.0.1.0 through 10.0.1.7; from 2018.4.1.0 through 2018.4.1.20

References

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