CVE-2020-13956 Security Details

CVE ID

CVE-2020-13956

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

CVE Description

Apache HttpClient versions prior to version 4.5.13 and 5.0.3 can misinterpret malformed authority component in request URIs passed to the library as java.net.URI object and pick the wrong target host for request execution.

Published

Oct 14, 2020

CVSS Score & Severity

5.3Medium

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

EPSS Score

0.505%

Malware

malware

KEV Status

Not in KEV Catalog: No known exploits

Vulnerable Methods

org/apache/hc/client5/http/utils/URIUtils.extractHost(Ljava/net/URI;)Lorg/apache/hc/core5/http/HttpHost;

JVMVulnerable params: 0

org/apache/http/client/utils/URIUtils.extractHost(Ljava/net/URI;)Lorg/apache/http/HttpHost;

JVMVulnerable params: 0

org/apache/http/impl/client/AbstractHttpClient.determineTarget(Lorg/apache/http/client/methods/HttpUriRequest;)Lorg/apache/http/HttpHost;

JVMVulnerable params: 0

Affected Ecosystems

affected

Source

National Vulnerability Database

References

Red Hat · Bugzilla #1886587THIRD_PARTY

openwall.comTHIRD_PARTY