CVE-2021-20348 Server-side request forgery in Engineering Lifecycle Optimization

Medium 5.4 Published 2 Jun 2021 Updated 16 Sep 2024

An authenticated attacker 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-2021-20348?

CVE-2021-20348 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-ForceID: 194597.

Weakness: CWE-918

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-20348?

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-2021-20348?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-20348 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-2021-20348 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-20348 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Ibm Rational Doors Next Generation vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-9592-7844-9gm7.