Information disclosure in Apache Nifi - CVE-2020-1928

 

Information disclosure in Apache Nifi - CVE-2020-1928

Published: January 28, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU24700
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-1928
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Apache Foundation
Affected software:
Apache Nifi

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to the sensitive parameter parser would log parsed values for debugging purposes. This would expose literal values entered in a sensitive property when no parameter was present. A remote attacker can gain unauthorized access to sensitive information on the system.


How to mitigate CVE-2020-1928

Install updates from vendor's website.

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