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CVE-2020-5404
Authentication Leak On Redirect With Reactor Netty HttpClient
Medium6.5EPSS 0.66%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- pivotal
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| pivotalCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.66% · top 48% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.5.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected 0.8 – < v0.8.16.RELEASE
- affected 0.9 – < v0.9.5.RELEASE
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenio.projectreactor.netty:reactor-netty-httpGHSA-gpch-h32j-gx6x (opens in a new tab)
References (1)
- https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2020-5404 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-gpch-h32j-gx6x (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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