Improper Certificate Validation Affecting org.netbeans.api:org-netbeans-modules-autoupdate-services package, versions [,RELEASE113)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team. Learn more

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.08% (36th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-ORGNETBEANSAPI-3116410
  • published15 Nov 2022
  • disclosed24 May 2022
  • creditEmilian Bold

Introduced: 24 May 2022

CVE-2019-17560  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-295  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade org.netbeans.api:org-netbeans-modules-autoupdate-services to version RELEASE113 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Certificate Validation such that the autoupdate system does not validate SSL certificates and hostnames for HTTPS based downloads. This allows an attacker to intercept downloads of autoupdates and modify the download, potentially injecting malicious code.

Alternative Mitigation

  • disable autoupdates
  • manually download plugins to installed with a web browser
  • update to NetBeans 11.3 by downloading the release, verifying the signature and manually installing it

CVSS Scores

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