Insufficiently protected credentials in Reactor Netty - CVE-2020-5404

 

Insufficiently protected credentials in Reactor Netty - CVE-2020-5404

Published: March 4, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU25772
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-5404
CWE-ID: CWE-522
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Pivotal
Affected software:
Reactor Netty

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote user to gain access to sensitive information on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficiently protected credentials in the HttpClient. A remote user can cause a credentials leak during a redirect to a different domain.

How to mitigate CVE-2020-5404

Install updates from vendor's website.

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