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Improper Input Validation

CVE-2020-13956

Medium
5.3/10

Summary

Apache HttpClient versions prior to version 4.5.13 and 5.x prior to 5.0.3 can misinterpret malformed authority component in request URIs passed to the library as java.net.URI object and pick the wrong target host for request execution.

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  • NETWORK
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  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
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CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation

The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published