User redirection via unvalidated Host header
Published Jun 22, 2023 · Updated Dec 5, 2024
Host header injection in HCL BigFix OSD Bare Metal Server before 311.12 allows remote attackers to redirect users to an attacker-controlled domain. The server uses an untrusted HTTP Host header when constructing a redirect target without restricting the destination to an expected host. No authentication is required, but a user must follow the resulting redirect; the disclosed outcome is redirection rather than code execution or direct data access.
Summary
What happened
Host header injection in HCL BigFix OSD Bare Metal Server before 311.12 allows remote attackers to redirect users to an attacker-controlled domain. The server uses an untrusted HTTP Host header when constructing a redirect target without restricting the destination to an expected host. No authentication is required, but a user must follow the resulting redirect; the disclosed outcome is redirection rather than code execution or direct data access.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-28016
- Published
- Jun 22, 2023
- Updated
- Dec 5, 2024
- Vendor
- HCL Software
- Product
- HCL BigFix OSD Bare Metal Server
- Classifications
- CWE-74
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Jun 22, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Dec 5, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=< 311.12
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