Security Bulletin: IBM API Connect on cloud is impacted by HTTP header injection vulnerability (CVE-2020-4706)

Summary

IBM API Connect on cloud (V5) has addressed the following vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2020-4706
**DESCRIPTION:**IBM API Connect is vulnerable to HTTP header injection, caused by improper validation of input by the HOST headers. By sending a specially crafted HTTP request, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to inject HTTP HOST header, which will allow the attacker to conduct various attacks against the vulnerable system, including cross-site scripting, cache poisoning or session hijacking.
CVSS Base score: 5.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/187194 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

No user action required.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None