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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2021-38182

Due to insufficient input validation of Kyma, authenticated users can pass a Header of their choice and escalate privileges which can completely compromise the cluster.

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CVE-2021-38182
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31 Oct 2026, 11:19 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2021-38182

core-osv · Original source

Published 14 Dec 2021, 16:15 UTC

Due to insufficient input validation of Kyma, authenticated users can pass a Header of their choice and escalate privileges which can completely compromise the cluster.

osv:CVE-2021-38182
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-38182",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
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          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
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      "affected": [
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              "type": "GIT",
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                {
                  "fixed": "7840bf4a1a2b1cb3051eae54681cee58985e2ef0"
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:53:52.275596721Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/display/PSR/SAP+Security+Patch+Day+-+December+2021",
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 384711,
  "published_at": "2021-12-14T16:15:08.253+00:00"
}