# CVE-2022-34362: IBM Sterling Secure Proxy HOST header injection

> Attackers can inject malicious HOST headers to execute cross-site scripting, poison caches, or hijack sessions in IBM Sterling Secure Proxy.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.6 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 8 Feb 2023
- **Updated:** 24 Mar 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-h63x-q57p-mpgf

## What is CVE-2022-34362?

CVE-2022-34362 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in IBM Sterling Secure Proxy, published on 8 Feb 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

IBM Sterling Secure Proxy 6.0.3 is vulnerable to HTTP header injection, caused by improper validation of input by the HOST headers. This could allow an attacker to conduct various attacks against the vulnerable system, including cross-site scripting, cache poisoning or session hijacking. IBM X-Force ID: 230523.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-34362?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Sterling Secure Proxy.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-34362?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-34362 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-34362 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-34362 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in IBM Sterling Secure Proxy

- [CVE-2024-38337](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-38337/): IBM Sterling Secure Proxy improper input validation (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2024-41783](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-41783/): IBM Sterling Secure Proxy improper input validation (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2024-41784](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-41784/): IBM Sterling Secure Proxy directory traversal (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2016-6023](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-6023/): Path traversal in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2023-47162](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-47162/): IBM Secure Proxy cross-site scripting (medium 6.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-34362 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-34362 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in IBM Sterling Secure Proxy, published on 8 Feb 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-34362 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: IBM Sterling Secure Proxy. 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-2022-34362/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-34362/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-34362
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-34362
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-34362

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-34362/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.