Inadequate Encryption Strength Affecting com.typesafe.play:play-ws package, versions [2.5.0-M1,2.6.24)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.17% (55th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-COMTYPESAFEPLAY-3146842
  • published30 Nov 2022
  • disclosed24 May 2022
  • creditSunny Chotai

Introduced: 24 May 2022

CVE-2019-17598  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-326  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade com.typesafe.play:play-ws to version 2.6.24 or higher.

Overview

com.typesafe.play:play-ws is a tool to build scalable web applications with Java and Scala

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Inadequate Encryption Strength when configured to make requests using an authenticated HTTP proxy. Attackers can reveal the base64-encoded proxy credentials used for HTTPS connections.

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