# CVE-2021-33577: An issue was discovered in Cleo LexiCom 5.5.0.0.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2021-06-18 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

An issue was discovered in Cleo LexiCom 5.5.0.0. The requirement for the sender of an AS2 message to identify themselves (via encryption and signing of the message) can be bypassed by changing the Content-Type of the message to text/plain.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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

## References

- https://github.com/atredispartners/advisories/blob/master/ATREDIS-2020-0011.md
- https://www.cleo.com/cleo-lexicom

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