Cookie Sharing Vulnerability in hawtio Servlet by Red Hat
CVE-2017-2589
8.7HIGH
Summary
A vulnerability has been identified in the hawtio Servlet 1.4, which allows a persistent cookie store to be shared among all clients utilizing the same proxy. This design flaw implies that all clients relying on this proxy could unwittingly share sensitive session cookies, potentially exposing them to unauthorized access and session hijacking attacks. Consequently, organizations leveraging hawtio Servlet should review their deployment configurations and apply best practices to mitigate the associated risks.
Affected Version(s)
hawtio 1.4
References
CVSS V3.1
Score:
8.7
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Changed
Timeline
Vulnerability published
Vulnerability Reserved