VDB-225381 · CVE-2023-26788 · EUVD-2023-30581

Veritas Appliance 4.1.0.1 HTTP Host Header injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Veritas Appliance 4.1.0.1. This affects an unknown part of the component HTTP Host Header Handler. Performing a manipulation results in injection. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2023-26788. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Veritas Appliance 4.1.0.1. This affects some unknown functionality of the component HTTP Host Header Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-74. The product constructs all or part of a command, data structure, or record using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify how it is parsed or interpreted when it is sent to a downstream component. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Veritas Appliance v4.1.0.1 is affected by Host Header Injection attacks. HTTP host header can be manipulated and cause the application to behave in unexpected ways. Any changes made to the header would just cause the request to be sent to a completely different Domain/IP address.

The weakness was released 04/10/2023. The advisory is shared at github.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2023-26788 since 02/27/2023. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1055 for this issue.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2023-30581). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Productinfo

Vendor

Veritas

Name

Appliance

Version

4.1.0.1

License

commercial

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CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.2
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.1

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.1
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NVD Base Score: 6.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Injection
CWE: CWE-74 / CWE-707 / CWE-20
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

02/27/2023 🔍
04/10/2023 +41 days 🔍
04/10/2023 +0 days 🔍
11/12/2025 +946 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: github.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2023-26788 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-26788
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-225381
EUVD: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 04/10/2023 15:57
Updated: 11/12/2025 00:16
Changes: 04/10/2023 15:57 (37), 04/26/2023 14:28 (10), 11/12/2025 00:16 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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