Authentication Leak On Redirect With Reactor Netty HttpClient
CVE-2020-5404

6.5MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Pivotal

Status
Reactor Netty
Vendor
CVE Published:
3 March 2020

What is CVE-2020-5404?

The HttpClient from Reactor Netty, versions 0.9.x prior to 0.9.5, and versions 0.8.x prior to 0.8.16, may be used incorrectly, leading to a credentials leak during a redirect to a different domain. In order for this to happen, the HttpClient must have been explicitly configured to follow redirects.

Affected Version(s)

Reactor Netty 0.8

Reactor Netty 0.9

References

https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2020-5404
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.5
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
High
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Changed

CVSS V3.0

Score:
6.5
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
High
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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