Input validation error in Async-http-client - CVE-2017-14063

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Input validation error in Async-http-client - CVE-2017-14063

Published: May 8, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU108785
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-14063
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to modify data on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to Async Http Client can be tricked into connecting to a host different from the one extracted by java.net.URI if a '?' character occurs in a fragment identifier. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and modify data on the system.


Affected software

Async-http-client
watsonx.data
Fuse

How to mitigate CVE-2017-14063

Install updates from vendor's website.

Async-http-client - update to 2.0.35
watsonx.data - update to 2.0.3
Fuse - update to 7.1.0

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