CVE-2020-5404
Insufficiently Protected Credentials in Reactor Netty
5.9
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.22%
Description
The HttpClient from Reactor Netty, versions 0.9.x prior to 0.9.5, and versions 0.8.x prior to 0.8.16, may be used incorrectly, leading to a credentials leak during a redirect to a different domain. In order for this to happen, the HttpClient must have been explicitly configured to follow redirects.
How to fix CVE-2020-5404
To remediate CVE-2020-5404, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 0.9.5 or later
Is CVE-2020-5404 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.2%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- >= 0.9.0, < 0.9.5
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N |