CVE-2021-39066
Published: 02 February 2022
Summary
CVE-2021-39066 is a high-severity Session Fixation (CWE-384) vulnerability in Ibm Financial Transaction Manager. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).
Operationally, ranked at the 39.3th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2021-25503
Vulnerability details
IBM Financial Transaction Manager 3.2.4 does not invalidate session any existing session identifier gives an attacker the opportunity to steal authenticated sessions. IBM X-Force ID: 215040.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Session termination after a set interval shortens the usable lifetime of a fixed session identifier, making successful exploitation of session fixation more difficult.
Re-authentication typically forces issuance of a new session, limiting the window for exploitation of a previously fixed session identifier.
Enforces proper session ID generation and binding, preventing fixation of a known session token.