Improper Input Validation Affecting rh-maven35-httpcomponents-client-javadoc package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
9.03% (95th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-RHMAVEN35HTTPCOMPONENTSCLIENTJAVADOC-11416048
  • published3 Aug 2025
  • disclosed8 Oct 2020

Introduced: 8 Oct 2020

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

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:10 rh-maven35-httpcomponents-client-javadoc.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream rh-maven35-httpcomponents-client-javadoc package and not the rh-maven35-httpcomponents-client-javadoc package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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