CVE-2024-40686 (GCVE-0-2024-40686)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-07-23 11:12
Modified
2025-08-18 01:28
Severity ?
5.4 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-644 - Improper Neutralization of HTTP Headers for Scripting Syntax
Summary
IBM SmartCloud Analytics - Log Analysis 1.3.7.0, 1.3.7.1, 1.3.7.2, 1.3.8.0, 1.3.8.1, and 1.3.8.2 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.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
IBM SmartCloud Analytics Log Analysis Version: 1.3.7.0, 1.3.7.1, 1.3.7.2, 1.3.8.0, 1.3.8.1, 1.3.8.2
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    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:smartcloud_analytics_log_analysis:1.3.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:smartcloud_analytics_log_analysis:1.3.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:smartcloud_analytics_log_analysis:1.3.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:smartcloud_analytics_log_analysis:1.3.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:smartcloud_analytics_log_analysis:1.3.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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