Improper Input Validation Affecting org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient package, versions [,4.5.13)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.39% (73rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-ORGAPACHEHTTPCOMPONENTS-1048058
  • published3 Dec 2020
  • disclosed3 Dec 2020
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 3 Dec 2020

CVE-2020-13956  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient to version 4.5.13 or higher.

Overview

org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient is a HttpClient component of the Apache HttpComponents project.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation. Apache HttpClient 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.

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