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

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

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.0/PR:L/AV:N/I:L/UI:N/A:N/AC:L/S:U/C:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 2 Jun 2021
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-g8f8-x9rf-6jg3

## 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 (Server-Side Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-20345?

It affects 9 products.


Products: 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, Ibm Rational Engineering Lifecycle Manager, Ibm Rational Quality Manager, Ibm Removable Media Manager.

## 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.

## Is CVE-2021-20345 being exploited?

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

## Other vulnerabilities in Ibm Rational Doors Next Generation

- [CVE-2020-4495](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-4495/): Auth bypass in Engineering Lifecycle Optimization (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2020-4920](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-4920/): Cross-site scripting in Engineering Lifecycle Optimization (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2020-4965](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-4965/): Weak cryptography in Engineering Lifecycle Optimization (medium 5.9)
- [CVE-2020-4977](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-4977/): Cross-site scripting in Engineering Lifecycle Optimization (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2020-5030](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-5030/): Cross-site scripting in Engineering Lifecycle Optimization (medium 5.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-20345 and fix it if it is affected.

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

Affected product: Ibm Rational Doors Next Generation. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-20345/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-20345/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-20345
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-20345
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-20345

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Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.