Improper Input Validation Affecting org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient package, versions [,4.5.13)
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.22% (61st
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-JAVA-ORGAPACHEHTTPCOMPONENTS-1048058
- published 3 Dec 2020
- disclosed 3 Dec 2020
- credit Unknown
Introduced: 3 Dec 2020
CVE-2020-13956 Open this link in a new tabHow 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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