CVE-2021-20345 Server-side request forgery in Engineering Lifecycle Optimization

Medium 5.4 Published 2 Jun 2021 Updated 16 Sep 2024

Authenticated attackers can exploit SSRF in IBM Engineering products to send unauthorized requests, enabling network enumeration and facilitating further attacks.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2021-20345?

CVE-2021-20345 is a medium-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in Ibm Rational Doors Next Generation, published on 2 Jun 2021. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

IBM Jazz Foundation and IBM Engineering products are vulnerable to server-side request forgery (SSRF). This may allow an authenticated attacker to send unauthorized requests from the system, potentially leading to network enumeration or facilitating other attacks. IBM X-Force ID: 194594.

Weakness: CWE-918

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-20345?

It affects 9 products.

Products include Ibm Collaborative Lifecycle Management, Ibm Engineering Lifecycle Management, Ibm Engineering Lifecycle Optimization - Engineering Insights, Ibm Engineering Lifecycle Optimization - Publishing, Ibm Engineering Test Management, Ibm Rational Doors Next Generation and 3 more.

How do I fix CVE-2021-20345?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-20345 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and send outbound requests through an allow-list that blocks internal addresses. More about Server-side request forgery.

Is CVE-2021-20345 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-20345 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Ibm Rational Doors Next Generation vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-g8f8-x9rf-6jg3.