Due to insufficient input validation of Kyma, authenticated users can pass a Header of their choice and escalate privileges which can compl…

published 2021-12-14 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2021-24652

cvss: 8.8; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.1%; EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 65%
public exploits: 0; none known

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.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

kyma-project kyma 1.24.7

Exploit prediction

1.10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 65% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	6.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

SAP SE Kyma

Classification

Weakness

CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
CWE-116 Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output

References

wiki.scn.sap.com /wiki/display/PSR/SAP+Security+Patch+Day+-+December+2021
not-applicable
github.com /kyma-project/kyma/security/advisories/GHSA-2vjp-5q24-hqjv
third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2021-38182
NVD CVE-2021-38182

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Summary