Spoofing attack in Event Streams - CVE-2018-1833
Published: December 18, 2018 / Updated: December 18, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU16602
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1833
CWE-ID: CWE-451
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: IBM Corporation
Affected software:
Event Streams
Event Streams
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to conduct spoofing attack on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can submit an API request with a fake Host request header, gain authorised access via the CLI and spoof the request header.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-1833
Update to version 2018.3.1.