CVE-2011-1498
Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in Apache HttpClient
EPSS 4.4%
Description
Apache HttpClient 4.x before 4.1.1 in Apache HttpComponents, when used with an authenticating proxy server, sends the Proxy-Authorization header to the origin server, which allows remote web servers to obtain sensitive information by logging this header.
How to fix CVE-2011-1498
To remediate CVE-2011-1498, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/httpcomponents-client—upgrade to 4.1.1-1 or later
- Maven/org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient—upgrade to 4.1.1 or later
Is CVE-2011-1498 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 4.4%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 4.1.1-1
- >= 4.0.0, < 4.1.1