SB2021051149 - Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) in IBM Cloud Automation Manager
Published: May 11, 2021
Security Bulletin ID
SB2021051149
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-28918)
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform SSRF attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in octal literals. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request and trick the application to initiate requests to arbitrary systems.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker gain access to intranets, VPNs, containers, adjacent VPC instances, or LAN hosts.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.